Companies tend to do well when they professionally respond to negative posts, and either provide their version of events and stand their ground, or do what it takes to turn the angry poster into an ally.

Other factors as well of course: DTI, the LTV, primary residence vs investment property, etc.

They made contact with me as well but I don't want to get sucked into a scam. 

There are Bigger Pocket events you could look into as well.

From what we have been seeing from the people investing in our projects from abroad is that only to open a bank account they themselves need to be here, although I imagine that towards the future this will be changed as well. 

It helps a lot with networking on here.Other than that, be a sponge and soak up as much content to learn the game.

But let’s go a later deeper - my down payment would come out of a well performing stock portfolio.

the electronic keypad locks so don't have to deal with keysbut keep in mind batteries need to be changed like once a year

I've already been hearing about all the communities and mini cities that they are planning on opening around it as well.

Were there any "intangible" value created through this build that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers?