@Noah Ogle - You should try to find the big players doing what you want to do in your area and work to provide them value without expecting anything in return.

If the cost exceeds the benefit, that must be revealed, and just like buying and selling a home, most of the players are incentivized to keep the product moving, not to do your own due diligence. 

Especially if they lose a key player?

CA for instance has hundreds of thousands of paper lots that were created between about 1900 and 1935. these paper lots get sold at tax sale all the time and its where a lot of the land geek type of players toil. 

Expect financing anywhere from 80-90% of Purchase, 100% of rehab (funded in draws), up to 85-90% LTC.Your best bet is getting it in front of a number of lenders efficiently to see who all the 'real players' are for you in this scenario.

The entire property & casualty market is a mess at the moment with carriers being unprofitable across the board and many becoming insolvent or shutting down in states where they were least profitable and/or were not allowed to take the rate increases they were asking for (rate increases have to be approved by each states dept of insurance they don't just get to jack the rates up because they want to)If you are in a REIA reach out to some of the players there and see who they recommend.

But, I can imagine that many long term players are totally frustrated.  

We also discuss all the key players you'll need to create your virtual team because private lending is a team sport.

Yes, foreigners can buy property in Japan.The Japanese Culture & EconomyWormann's book also talks about the Japan's culture and economy as it relates to real estate.

Really interesting to hear different viewpoints and the unfortunate challenges that face the PM community players.