I got to my current financial success through a series of well thought out endeavors but with a massive sink or swim element as I am often self guided..."

Best of luck for your future!

Mind you, with mortgage interest rates in the US being so much higher now (and seemingly for the foreseeable future), I wouldn't be surprised if LTRs in Europe would cash flow better than in the whole US nowadays (to be verified).This being said, I don't and would never invest in LT rentals outside of North America  as I wouldn't want to face unfavourable landlord/tenant laws as a foreigner.

I deleted it, and restarted it twice feeling ashamed that I had failed in my endeavors. 

The type of information needed depends on if the building is being constructed in the future or if the building already exists.

Seems to me that area is massively over build or going to be overbuilt for the foreseeable future..

Nowadays many vacation homes are priced as STR businesses with profits baked into the price (with future guests expecting instagram furnishings).  

In my case I sold off appreciated properties in a location I deemed as having limited future upside, and used the proceeds to eliminate all debt on the better located prime properties I wanted to keep long term.

The land we are buying also has secondary value to future expats moving there.  

Explain how difficult it will be for them to rent in the future.