Once I felt comfortable enough I secured the property with a deposit and plan to take a day trip to visit it in person and meet the manager. 

live in Baltimore and I want to f*** I live in BaI live in Baltimore and I want to buy property in flipping I just need some strong help on how to make the right decision so is anybody in Baltimore that can help him

@David Shapiro, It's not a taxable event because you are simply borrowing money secured by your property. 

Obviously we have been in touch with our lodger who filled us in on the scoop but I was surprised to find very little info on incarcerated California lodgers, does NoLo address this and in either case what are the obligations of the owner(s) who rented to the lodger who is now incarcerated indefinitely as far as security deposit, notification of repossession of rented premises, and the handling of personal belongings? 

Thank you Travis Sperr for the contact.Thank you as well Greg W. I

- What would be the quickest way (without a HUGE amount of risk...clearly there's risk in any investment) to achieve FI?

Some items, like investment securities, were exempted from the beginning, but for the most part it would be very difficult for Congress to exclude all forms of tax free like kind exchanges without having structural consequences to the tax code.It may be possible that the NAR article was saying that real estate professionals may not want to bother with these deals.  

I have sought to get loans in one country to purchase in another but it is very difficult to get aproval for such projects without security in the country of the loan.Any thoughts on leverage regarding investing in multiple countries?

@carl Peterson might be able to help. https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/CarlP2I am also an attorney licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

.,  certain professions get a very low security deposit.