Hey everyone,My name is Saif, and I’m excited to join the BiggerPockets community.I’m based in Dubai, where I work in international sales and broker relations for one of the region’s fastest-growing developers (previously I was doing real estate for 8 years in the U.S.).

My property is in Stony Brook, NY so we get a lot of international students (tend to be better as they are there to study). 

When a DSCR lender kicks a deal because of unit size or experience, the fastest fallback is usually a small local bank or credit union since they underwrite on the building, not rigid internal rules, and they can still close fast if the relationship manager pushes it.

I’m looking for a brokerage where I can put my language skills and international cultural experience to work helping both homebuyers and investors.A bit about me: I hold a Master’s in International Business and a Bachelor’s in IT.

It’s great to have an international perspective here.

Hey Leah - I always recommend joining local FB groups for better local data since this is a National/International group. 

That’s why you don’t see it on Apartments.com.Instead, you create an internal written screening policy (credit, income, background, pets, etc.) and just make sure you apply it the same way to every applicant.

The report highlights Houston’s internationally diverse population, major corporate presence and status as home to the world’s largest medical complex as the key contributors to its global standing.

She sets up my private money documents, llc for local and international clients.

I cannot speak to how the brokerage allocates dues internally and am only relaying what was communicated to me directly by those associations.Agents considering this brokerage:Request written confirmation and copies of all submitted invoices immediately after submission, rather than relying solely on the internal system.