Use BP as a resource but realize not all responses are coming from people with same level of success.  

This is just an example, certainly conduct your own diligence but don't feel obligated to use the name brands (ie andersen, pella)..especially their entry level windows or those you will buy at a Home Depot or Lowes.

There is no one keeping that profession to a higher level of integrity. for sure half the home inspectors are bozo's who have no clue what they are doing. 

It seems like Panama went through its own bubble where prices just skyrocketed due to an unwarranted level of demand and eventually it did/is coming back down to reality.

Even if I was the senior lender for one of the new developments, in a downside scenario I wouldn't know what to do with the land / the half-finished or finished (but unsale-able for whatever reason) inventory.Therefore - I don't want to invest / make a loan in the development JV itself - I would rather make a loan at the parent-co level where there is collateral in the form of completed properties that are generating rental cash flow - they do have mortgages on them. 

Most likely when seasoned professionals started out, they were guided and mentored by people who were levels ahead of them.

Most of the bigger companies will turn it away due to level of danger and blight in the area.

I do think that new investors should spend a lot more time doing research on their own with books, internet education, and Bigger Pockets before ever considering any high level coaching programs. 

I’ve got some tenants that have been in my units 10-15 years (prior to me buying them) and are at market level rents.

Everything I seem to find is very high level about how to raise capital, how to find a deal, how to get your first deal, etc. but I cannot find anything that does a deep dive on real estate investing systems and structuring!