As a life long courthouse steps buyer.. reality is U need to learn how to do your own basic search.the reason is only about 1 out of 20 or less props that go into foreclosure actually go to auction and are sold.

If your talking large commercial multi million dollar contracts to build one building and the GC has his own personal JET then you can get into that nitty gritty at our level U try to control the best you can and hire who you trust

U need to have a come to Jesus with your lender and the contractor..

Grande  u tube and how he starts each show with his disclaimers.. 

U-Haul published an article that the third year in a row that the #1 destination for one way moves is Texas.

It will be extremely challenging to get a conventional/govt/portfolio loan for residential RE on your own without current income, and less than 25% down worsens this outlook.

Where is Chinese growth headed?

SOP is one 1099 per investment so if you had 20k of a 100k loan U get a 1099 for interest on that portion

I learned about how Chinese developers operate.

Did you have a deposit when u bought the property?