@Aaron Bryson I would love to hear any international RE experiences and knowledge, especially anything related to European and South American markets

Not only are there fewer local investors there, but there are far fewer foreign buyers there than other European countries as well, with the exception of some places like Venice, Capri, Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, Lake Como, Chianti etc. which are luxury vacation home markets more than what we would consider rental markets. 

During ski season the majority of people are here for the weekend and are limited to just the MMSA whereas during the summer everyone is on vacation (European travels too) with lots to do (golf, hiking, fishing, music festivals, Yosemite,etc).

You want to wholesell a property you got from a referral in the US to an European investor in Portugal.1)Who takes care of the paperwork?

@Lorraine Patterson SWF is very popular for sort-term rental Cape Coral is very popular for Europeans making a vacation in the summer where normally the season is in the winter month.

I contacted  The North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks for them (but that avenue is a slow boat and they need to get the reconveyance today to close).

Also be aware that being a European company they appear to be unaware of potential shady behavior in the US.

It also depends on your demographics - Booking.com a lot of Europeans use and we get a lot of them in FL.

Pick one of the large counties and research delinquent tax sale through their tax commissioner's website.  

And any transaction will work only it is a win-win.A developer providing a bank guarantee is not standard in many countries, except maybe in some European countries.It's useless in the US and Canada since the buyer only needs to advance 5% of the funds before delivery of the property.