I have been digging into off market deals and it has been promising.

This is not an exact science.

For example, if you look at listings for condos now, you will see a number of them using "100% hurricane insurance" as a selling point.   

Not because we had failed - this was a four-year resident entering their fifth year on the property when they got into financial trouble. 

Understanding your goals before buying is key to determining what type of land to buy and how to use it.

That moratorium is supposed to be temporary.Mind you, while the US used to have (some of the) lowest interest rates in the world for the last 15 years, this is no longer the case and the US actually has some of the highest interest rates in the world nowadays and that doesn't look to change any time soon.

@Xavier PereraAt 21 and making $180K a year, you’re in an incredible position to transition into full-time real estate investing.

Based on what I am seeing on the Department of State website, in order to do this I'll need to be a licensed broker.

This isn't necessarily the caseYou can have that discussion with my agent. ;-)  Well I'm an agent so that won't be necessary.

You have to start there because the only thing you can use is what's known.