Sometimes these buyers are willing to buy at a lessor discount than our savvy investor counterparts.

The internet is virtual real estate - your real life RE experiences might as well supplement a digital counterpart. 

By repeating the last 3 words (or most important 3 words) of what your counterpart has said, you will cause them to elaborate, deepening the process of connecting and building rapport.

we are looking in to buying a property in FL. After a ton of research and speaking with a great cross-boarder lawyer we have been advised to set up a LimIted partnership to purchase the property to give us the best li...

You purchased these properties all cash...which means you won't have mortgage interest as a deduction.Short-term rentals are great because they bring a lot of cash-flow compared to their long-term counterparts.

Do they offer a unique aesthetic compared to their counterparts which allows them to compete against other properties?

No wonder American cities remain far less livable than our European counterparts...Regarding the economics, a 9 year ROI is tremendous in a market with a 3% cap rate.

All I am saying is, let's compare our low down payment, bad credit loans with a possible European counterpart.

Turns out the US sales guys made about three time the business volume than their European counter parts.

To reduce all this down to a meaningful and comparable discussion we need to look at cumulative effective tax rates.Using the data from smart asset it looks like the border counties in NC have an effective tax rate of:Gaston - 1.05%Mecklenburg - 1.13%Union - .82%Compared to SC (PR/OO rates)York - .632Lancaster - .508Chester .662Now these rates are for the lower 4% Primary residence rate which has to be adjusted up 50% to account for the 4%-6% difference mentioned above so the effective tax rate for investors is:York - .948Lancaster - .762Chester .695All still lower than heir closest NC counterpart.