Again, I haven't purchased or used their products so I am not able to speak on that but what I can speak on is their character and I can truly say that I see them as being stand up guys who are passionate about what they do and open to sharing the information without all the fluff and BS.

During the foreclosure process, we were not able to locate any heirs to serve, despite contacting several friends of the deceased, doing an estate search, obituary search, Radaris search, etc. 

Here is the finished product on Zillow https://www.zillow.com/homedet...The New Western agent reported during our review “Even though Femi was successful, I suggested on at least one occasion that he reconsider if investing in distressed properties is right for him due to his personality type.”Notably, Femi wasn’t the only party performing due diligence on the property.

Most notably, abject fragility and TLDR.When an invitation to hop on a recorded Zoom is seen as aggressive, I have to give up.

If we are not able to secure a loan, should I try and take a hard money loan which will pay the seller off and fix the house up and sell it?  

It looks like you are not able to get lending because your Debt-to-Income ratio is too high.You should figure out what your DTI ratio is.If you are buying cash-flowing rentals, your rentals should actually be helping you get future loans easier.

Caribbean islands are notably more difficult to operate short term rentals because of the lack of resources (materials and labor). 

If they are not able or willing to honor their commitment to pay the full rent amount, it's time to start negotiating a mutual termination agreement, cash for keys, or eviction.

I have seen a few try to get started over there last several years, but none seem to have survived (or are really bad at SEO and marketing) since I was not able to find any the several times I have searched.That being said, I know Cadre has launched a secondaries market for their own investment offerings, but that is limited in scope to Cadre positions, and is currently closed anyways and will be "re-opening soon". 

Im looking at REsimpli and I have a few concerns that I was not able to get from the answers to in the "frequently asked questions".1.