Steve,
I´m in Santiago airport right now, making a connection, after a 10 hour drive from San Martin de los Andes to Mendoza.
I´ll be arriving tomorrow to Miami and I´ll be staying in the Circa 39 hotel, maybe we can share a coffe at Starbucks and discuss strategies.
I have a question: why Bank of America and not HSBC that has brances all over th…[Read more]

I would like to share a very good resource with you:
http://www.trexglobal.com/property-management/landlord-resources/rental-property-tax-deductions

Don´t know if this is the bottom line, my feeling and the recent foreclosure fiasco tell me this is going to keep going down for at least a year.
That is good, for us, we have some time to build credit and get some good deals before the magic moment (hopefully this century)

Miniman,
I think the same way that you do, I haven´t made that much analysis, for some reason I feel good about south florida, miami and orlando area are right choices. Can´t visit Orlando this time but I´ll wait for your comments.

I cannot say like you that my guts have brought me here, I´ve always worked for a salary in the IT industry, but…[Read more]

British Buyer wrote:
ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR (as if buying US property were not already complicated enough)I just found out from one of the lenders I'm talking to in Miami that it's difficult to transfer the property to a LLC.  I quote:"Yes, you can buy a property under an LLC under the following terms: LLC in the USA and established for 2…[Read more]

well this is not a good news for me:

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/housekeys/blog/2010/03/broward_palm_home_prices_wont.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/28175193/Hardest%E2%80%A9Hit%E2%80%A9Metros%E2%80%A9Will%E2%80%A9Take%E2%80%A9Longer%E2%80%A9to%E2%80%A9Recover

what do you think?

British Buyer, I´ve been reading your posts as well as other´s in this thread for an hour… very very interesting!!!
I´m on the other side of the world, Argentina, and I´ll be traveling to Florida this October 30st and I´ll be just a week there.
My main goal on this trip it to open a bank account, see some real estate agents, visit some prop…[Read more]