Felt like it was trying to put my parachute on after I already had jumped out of the plane. 

Is it enclosed on all sides and completely below the flood plane?

You do not have to be physically present.Two options:1)Give someone, preferably an attorney, a Power Of Attorney specific to this deal.2) Have the closing documents you need to sign fedexed to you, take them to an American Consulate, have them notarized, fedex them back..  

@Andrew Schloe  @Dinah Tabora I'd recommend using a Turnkey provider that is within a few hours drive if at all possible and if not possible then one that is an easy flight (a couple of hours total travel by plane including time to the airport).

Hop on a plane with your partner and look at some areas.

I was planing on getting a purchase and sale agreement from a title company.

After that I'm planing on using the equity I have in my current home to start buying more investment property.

Combine that with a no quit attitude no matter how many mistakes you make along the way and you will be successful.One of my clients was in town yesterday we were looking at the 90 home community we are breaking ground on next week.. and this conversation came up.. and while many can go it alone.. and do fine.. if its very controlled mom pop do it yourself rental type stuff but for bigger deals and bigger portfolio's having QUALITY partners can really save you when things change or markets shift.. spreading the wealth to many I think is a great way to set up a company.. you have to balance paper returns with risk .. so the more you spread out the investor base your personal return goes down of course but your risk factor does as well. and as one who has been at this for a number of decades and rode through some very strong real estate thunderstorms I was glad I was in a 747 and not flying a single engine plane by myself. 

Any of you real estate tycoons looking for someone to fly your private plane?

No one can predict when it’s coming not even the Fed ( Ex Federal Reserve here) To make your investor feel comfortable, talk about the numbers.