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  1. Maybe everything I list here has already been done and / or taken into account, but if not, maybe it will help a little…

    Before buying:
    1. Make sure you buy at the "right" price. Brokers are supposed to help you verify this.
    2. Perform a “home inspection” by a certified inspector and not just by the management company and make sure the price still meets your expectations, even after considering the costs of repairs (or having them done by the seller).
    3. Open a US bank account. You can use the Borderless account of the TransferWise company, which can be opened free of charge. Upon opening the account, you receive the details of the US bank account, to which a management company can transfer the rent money, at no cost. The funds from this account can be converted to NIS, through the TransferWise website and transfer NIS to Israel. Their fees are significantly lower than those of banks. Of course, it is also possible to hold funds in dollars there and transfer them to various entities abroad, if necessary. The main disadvantage is that they do not provide checks or debit cards (to Israelis).
    Here is material from their site:
    https://transferwise.com/help/17/borderless-account

    At the time of purchase:
    Regarding the transfer of funds to the US, it is possible to work with entities such as Clearshift or Top Wright. They are very efficient and quite cheap, compared to bankers in the country (unless you are “preferred customers”).
    2. It is important to make sure that the money only goes to the title company in trust and not directly to the seller.

    Regularly:
    1. Most often, the fixed expenses are: property taxes, building insurance, and up to a neighborhood (if any).
    2. Optional, but as a "rule of thumb", in a single family like yours, it is recommended to consider maintenance expenses of about $ 2,000 per year and annual losses, due to tenant replacement, in the amount of about 10% of the property price.
    3. Filing annual tax returns in the US and Israel (there may be filing costs) and also paying tax.

    Hope I helped!

    Have a good time!

  2. If you or your contact have the opportunity to talk with the tenants informally, you should be interested if there are things in the house that require repair or are disturbing them. There are things that inspection will also miss (for example, roots have penetrated the sewer channels and when it rains, the sewage rises).
    I also recommend going to sites like Zillow or Redfin and looking at deals made in the area and the price of similar homes in the vicinity of the property. Also check if there are red flags, for example houses that have been on the market for a long time. I also like to go into Trulia and check the quality of the schools and the level of criminal activity in the area. Admittedly you have tenants there at the moment but one day they will probably leave and you should make sure that this is a sought after area. It is also worth checking the proximity to industrial centers, universities, attractions, hospitals and the like.
    My experience is not from Florida and each area is a little different, but apart from the property tax, there are sometimes payments to the neighborhood committee if it is a closed neighborhood and also the division of utilities between owner and tenant is sometimes flexible.
    May it be full of success !!

  3. Hi, there are several ways to transfer funds to the US, it is possible through the bank or through several platforms to transfer volley to sand, I personally really liked working with Top Wright.
    You can invest in both a rental and a flip in the US without having a local bank account although this can make it easier in some cases.
    Before buying the property, you should do the "regular" inspections: Inspection of the building to understand the physical condition of the house's systems, in addition to a title check to verify the legal condition and if there is a debt on the property, so far "ordinary" inspections, in my opinion should also increase head Since you are buying remotely and find out with the title what tests they do not do so you can check for yourself or get help from someone else to check and another thing is more important to talk to someone (broker, contractor, inspector, management company…) who will tell you what he thinks about the area you invest in. The same questions some people to understand the real situation.
    If you do not have someone in the field who can give you information about what is happening in the area, you are exposed to a very high risk for your money.
    Good luck.