Like someone else said very well, invest inopportunities, not in a particularasset or strategy.

You get an operation running well and then you can be benevolent.  

There is lots of information on how to analyze publicly traded REITs as well.

hopefully your inspection went well. wish i would have seen your post earlier i would have been happy to help you out with your inspection. but to answer your question, there really isn't anything you need to "ask" your inspector to look for. if he is a good inspector he will know what to look for and what defects are major and should be addressed immediately and which defects are minor.

These things happen, just make sure you document as well as possible.

There are lenders out there spending a ton on advertising with an army of correspondent's funneling them loans and many can very well be one and done borrowers because the loan servicing/construction admin is lousy. 

If you have a lot of family in OK, that can be a great place to start assessing since you have dedicated boots on the ground, as well as a reason to visit.Don't overthink the analyzing of markets when you are still figuring things out.

Im the dreamer (although well researched dreamer) and my husband is the risk-adverse.

You will probably win when she doesn't show up, and while you will have a hard time getting the proceeds of the judgement, you can mess up a credit score pretty well with an unclaimed judgement.

As well as limit you potential top end profit.