Creative and thank you for sharing, I'm sure this will help a lot of people in the same predicament. 

ways to meet such people would be meetups, or simply walking into some smaller offices, could also ask around to other owners of the assets you are interested in and see who helps them. 

Are people moving in or out?

Its always nice to hear positive things about local people. 

The sub 550 credit score people come out of the woodwork to apply for this home. 

I have known many people go to Baylor and the need seems to be there for rentals.

Hi BP,I'm wondering what people's experience has been with partial seller financing.

And my final dream is to buy land in my home country to build affordable housing for people there.

.- Some people go to F, but what's the point?

If you live there you probably have a good handle on the subtle market dynamics.One significant risk of buying any property out of state is that you have a lot less knowledge and first hand experience with all the nuances of that specific market.