Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far). 

@Matt Wan Many lenders require wet signatures on at least the Promissory Note but if yours does not, as a US citizen you could do the entire signing anywhere on the planet with a good internet connection + mic + camera via Remote Online Notarization (RON) for less than $200.If wet signatures are required, the answer then depends upon what foreign country you are in.

Then you'll need to find land, acquire it, find a spec home buyer and set up meetings to design plans or buy a set online with mods.

The Subto community is like an online real estate country club where everyone is trying to help each other.

Spend at least 2 hours per day researching online about your desired investment strategies.

For that reason (& other reasons like no one was meeting even online), I started Real Estate Rocks. 

I use QuickBooks Online for all of my clients.

On-line Auction Foreclosure Website.

Their online reviews on google seem great and everything is 5 stars but I promise you the team is terrible.

There were weekly group video phone calls that despite usually only having 5-10 people online I could never get a question answered leaving me to believe they were pre recorded.