consider in a US purchase
a) mortgageability
b) withholding taxes to foreigner
c) property taxes for non-residents
d) taxes on sale
e) exchange rate
f) management
g) tenant profile
h) distance
i) termites
j) mold
k) hurricanes
l) moisture
m) deterioration
n) racial profile of neighborhood
o) rents for the area
p) utility costs such as A/C, water, sewer
q) rental upside
r) location upside
s) how and when to exit .. and its costs (realtor fees, legal fees, taxes, escrow agency fees ..)
Research it very carefully .. and after 3 or 4 physical inspections and trips to the area to compare values and all the issues mentioned.
This makes likely sense only if you wish to have this as a 2nd home, likely not as a single investment due to the factors and cost involved !
Ditto in Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii .. all nice places with "postcard weather" when the sun shines .. but no one (certainly not the promoter) shows the hurricanes, the termites, the mold due to humidity, the 3rd world like conditions in the wrong neighborhoods, the crime, the drugs, the taxes (while holding and when exiting), the exchange rate risk .. so consider the issues .. and the upside .. then decide .. it may make sense .. often it does NOT !!
