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    Financing for buying US Property as a Non-US

    Im not sure about the business angle as I would imagine the business will need to be aged before any credit extended. Its possible to get 80% ltv for foreign nationals in Florida. best,
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    US Banking

    that was my thoughts-but apparently they are in the US, they offer full cheque book, atm and wire facilities.
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    US Banking

    a client of mine successfully opened a bank account by opening a brokerage account via etrade. He did it online and works well.
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    Property running costs in Florida

    The real deals are for investment properties rather than for second homes. But $1000 seems far too high, I personally own a 4 plex in Kissimee and its total cost is $755 and that includes property managment.
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    Property running costs in Florida

    ah I misunderstood you are talking about a holiday home. I only deal in investment property, which is obviously a different set of costs, as utilities etc are on the tenant. $1k a month for a holiday home costs seem a bit high. When I recently lived full time in Florida my total running costs on...
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    Property running costs in Florida

    running costs Hi, Here is a real illustration of fixed running costs versus income on a 2 bed townhouse in Florida, this townhouse has just undergone a refurb and the figures dont include maintenance, id estimate $75 a month conservatively. Hope this helps.
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    US Banking

    It depends whether you need a personal account or a business account? If you just need a personal one then Citi Bank, which is a major US bank can set you up via their offices in the UK. Business account I think you will either need to go in person with your llc details etc or use one of the...
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    Dollar Properrty Investment - DPI

    I think the point about commissions is when dealing with a lot of UK based companies buying in places such as the States, they have no real access to properties at source and so they go through agents who themselves might not be directly instructed, this obviously compounds commissions. If I...
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    How To Profit In Today's Real Estate Market

    Investing in Detroit is mainly to invest in cash flow through section 8 schemes, it seems a lot of the uk property companies jumping on the bandwagon are selling properties in excess of market value- although still cheap because of the yield they can achieve, unfortunately in my opinion that...
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    EU citizen Investing in US

    Hi Alex, Im a UK citizen who has invested in the US property for about 6 years. I have always invested in an LLC, which has on occasion been itself owned by a European entity. It depends on the amount you are investing as setting up complex structure costs money to establish and maintain...
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    buy to let...

    Sarah, I think it depends on what you want you to achieve - short term capital appreciation, positive cash flow or an investment that over time will pay the mortgage off for you. However, regardless of what your objective is; what is true, perhaps, more now than ever is that you will make your...
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    Flight Help

    There is a company called skyscanner which gives you all route options and carriers.
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