All of these items are critically important, and very few agents and salespeople from the well-known big national companies have the expertise and knowledge to provide good advice.

Creative Solar and Solar Choice USA are respected local companies, and you could check with the national leasing companies SunRun, SolarCity/Tesla, and Vivint however I don't think any of the big boys are active in Georgia although I could be wrong about that. 

However I regularly see new people coming in, Large national players as well as small guys, and they get crushed.

I think near half the land in LA County is gov owned, National Forest etc...From a google LV view I see what appears to be multiple square miles yet to be developed and looks like has outlining streets already.

You can start off with national companies like, Renter's Warehouse.

I believe it is a common theme that when a lender advertises 9-12%, 9% is for the highest qualified applicants and 12% is for the people who are just above the minimums to lend on (i.e. beginners with low credit).Usually, the lenders that go down below 10% are national hard-money lenders and will not allow the borrower to put less than 10% of the total cost into the property.

I haven’t found any areas that hit all of these marks yet but hopefully one of you can point me in the right direction.Growing areasmedian income above 35000 +Poverty level below national average.

I heard the same thing: all that is required from foreign nationals is: EIN and US bank account.

I’m considering calling it quits and doing my own research and offers directly with REO/ bank owned websites like Home Path, Bank of America, City National etc...

I had a loan with canandaigua national bank for a 4 family.