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This question is probably unique to Washington DC property, but I recently found out that our Foreign Service, as well as Foreign Service for many countries, rent homes for diplomat and staff to use from the local hou...
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I have a friend who lives in the US but has a daughter in China who wants to buy US property. My question is how can she transfer funds from China to the US for the purchase of property?
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Hello, I have a number of Chinese nationals looking to buy & invest in the booming Collin County, Texas area. As i'm fairly new to this niche, can someone walk me through closing process? What are the tax implicat...
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I am buying a property but will be outside the US at the time of the closing. Can DocuSign be used to legally sign all documents for closing? I have used DocuSign for selling and purchasing agreements, but not for ...
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Hi All,I have heard about foreign investors, investing in real estate here in the states.Does anyone have any experience with this?Thank you,Jackie
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Hi All,Background: Greetings from Shanghai, China! I am American and my husband is Croatian. We both worked on a cruise ship around the world and was Able to save up some cash. Recently a new job took me to Shanghai, ...
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Getting my first property soon. Will be a sfr in the states. Currently, I am a US citizen (born and raised in Florida), but I live and work in Shanghai, and I have been here since 2014. I have no formal W2, since Chin...
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Hello from happy Afghany-land.
So, I've done a good bit of reading over the last month or so since I registered on here. And I'm either showing signs of an infection(I'd blame the amazing food here) or developing tha...
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Ok so I was having this debate with a local landlord and I’d like to hear your opinion…. You charge $25 for your application fee. You show the house to a nice couple and they want to apply but they don’t speak, read o...
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How will the actual crisis impact the real estate market in your opinion?
The fact is that , justified or not, the crisis has already hit many businesses including hospitality & tourism, transportation, financial...