In addition ladies and gentlemen trying to find organizations to specifically do exotic things in finance doesn't necessarily lead you to those with best practices in the industry.  

i too looked into those (via https://www.sunsetranches.com). unless you can live without water, avoid like the plague... everyone else is.if there's some way to affordably bring water to that area, then it's a fantastic steal.you could catch some snakes, horney toads, desert hares and sell them as exotic pets.although the best use would be as a solar power farm.

Undeveloped lots are vanashing, and a lot of folks that own exotic cars don't like buying "used" homes

When I reverse engineer my business plan it happens to start with in a garage full of exotics! 

As sort of an exotic aside, a friend of mine and I have been considering the possibility of investing in a rental property in Europe.

Park Ave in Rockville Center, NY (nassau cnty.)With so many places to start and ways to go, it can indeed seem (excitedly) overwhelming, but having been an avid reader of many real estate investing books in the past year, it seems one need not know all the exotics (as opposed to the fundamentals) to start.

Mobile homes are like exotic cars -- they can either have amazing performance or be perpetually broken down.

Of course, it is likely that your credit tenant (or structured credit via something way more exotic) is long gone and you will need to re-tenant and improve the property for your next big play.

I am wondering if this is typical, or exotic.

I have excelled to some of the upper-most levels of Division 1 sports and attained All-American status twice in shot-put, worked as a driver for an exotic dancing company, college leasing associate, casino security guard, and now to my current field and positions which have revolved around child welfare for the last four years.