I spent 25 years as a banking executive with a focus on real estate lending and special assets and this gives all of us who work with investment groups a black eye. 

Execute the plan, build the units, get the long term financing that covers the extra builds, collect more rent and lastly, increase your net worth substantially. 

But the barrier to executing it is high since you realistically need a high amount of cash on hand.

Particularly interested in investing in Columbus, Ohio and Tokyo or Fukuoka, Japan.Recently read a few books including Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Bigger Pocket's The Book on Rental Property Investing. and as a result have been looking more seriously into it.Although investing in the US seems pretty straight forward (especially as an American and with all the resources available), investing in Japan as a foreigner seems to be a bit tricky and not so black and white. 

One property installed a American Standard 4ton 16 seer, silver AC in Aug-2022.

Depending on how the owner financing was originally structured, the buyer will get title to the property for the first time or the seller will execute a Satisfaction of Mortgage indicating the mortgage has been paid in full and releasing the lien on the property.All the best!

I agree with Chris, though I will negotiate a little bit.Chris-your side note-no idea who that president was (I'm not American)-I guess that is what happens when you have 15 kids and your second wife is younger than some of your older kids (as was also the case with the father of the grandkid who is still alive)! 

Identify your ideal properties and establish a trustworthy team to assist in executing successful flips.

@Ian Radcliffe 1. yes, you can do land flipping while working a 9-5 just like you can become a local real estate developer in your community while working a 9-5. 2. the less time you have the more strategic partners you'll need on your team to execute 3. there are a lot of courses out there and I'd recommend talking with a land flipper and/or their team prior to buying the course just to make sure expectations are aligned There are quite a lot of other nuances around it but if you're curious and you do some research you can definitely make it happen. 

People who did it wrong and weren't able to execute.