Looking for in country contacts banks, agents, contractors, recommended areas, etc to prep for a productive visit.  

If you have a truly superior and/or unique product it will be easier to not have to compete with price. 

Wouldn't hurt to look in to both to give yourself the best chance at finding the best loan product. 

@Jill Young I may have a product that can work for you depending on the property specifics. 

For the most part, most lenders are going to be relatively close in cost assuming we are talking about a straight forward loan product, we all borrower from the same pool of money to make these loans. 

Then connect with some hard money lenders (you can find some here on BP as well as some who are typing this right now) and connect with them to understand their product type, what they like to lend on and requirements.Hard money broker is all numbers game of making relationships and helping those that are looking for financing, it starts out slow but if you get with a few good borrowers and lenders it can be pretty decent money to be made.As an example we paid six figures last year to HM brokers. 

The idea is the product of an ah-ha moment late Friday afternoon as I was scrambling to put the pieces of this puzzle back together.

Consult with an attorney to provide a purchase and sale agreement in your respective state with an assignment exhibit included. 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

All programs have LLPAs but that's more so any bank's individual guidelines and overlays to specific product pricing.