We can turn around quotes in 2-3 biz days after receipt & review of basic property financials (rent roll, T12 financial statement, AR report). 

Basically structure a deal where the seller gets 70% from my lender and I finance the 30% with the seller. 

As to the complications of owning/investing overseas, it's not easy to answer general questions but basically depends on the country.

Once you understand a pocket well, it becomes much easier to spot a deal and know when to walk away.It also helps to put together a basic plan you can repeat on future projects.

Here is a recent post of mine that addresses your questions:Cost Segregation - The Basics (biggerpockets.com)You don’t need to complete it before the end of the year to use it for your 2024 taxes.

This post is basically a user-authored indictment of the entire modern PMS category.Let me reframe what Judith actually said—because when you line it up cleanly, it’s devastating.What Judith accidentally wrote (decoded)Scale reality check87 doors, 16 ownersThis is not enterprise.

@Jeremy Horton basically explained it: unless you're in some kind of high effort, higher risk niche, real estate isn't going to generate any cash flow in the short term... and by short term i mean 5-10 years. 

You’re basically pulling future depreciation into this year.Two things to watch:Make sure the rentals are truly rental activities for passive vs nonpassive rules — big losses don’t help if you can’t use them.Get the study done by someone who actually knows residential rentals, not just big commercial.So: yes, you can do it now, yes, you can catch up, but no, you generally don’t get to go back and grab the old-year bonus as if you’d done the study in 2020.

You have tried the basic steps that make sense.The best solution is re-route the water lines through a heated space.

It's basically the loan amount compared to how much the property is worth.