Some places like Illinois for example require individuals to be licensed with the state in order to wholesale more than 1 deal per year. 

.- The reality is this depends on each individual caseworker.

The individual agents/teams within the brokerage are the ones that set out to establish a niche to work with investors.If you're looking for a broker primarily focused on working with investors, you may want to speak with commercial brokers and agents.

According to the brokerage and agent, these individuals either weren’t serious or claimed they didn’t realize the property was occupied, even though it was clearly stated in the listing.I’m not particularly concerned about the property’s condition or the eviction process, as I’ve already secured some level of cooperation and have basic access to the basement.

Most my clients tend to be out of state, high income individuals that are looking for a great return and not looking to spend 200 hrs on the project themselves.  

Private financing where an investor can get a loan from an individual rather than a conventional loan because you can get more leverage and have more room to negotiate

I'm looking for likeminded, hopefully already successful individuals, who would like to chat and share stories about the opportunities and ways of working in RE here in Portugal.Any meetups happening in Lisbon, remote- or on-site?

It feels like everyone and their grandma is on the Do Not Call list nowadays and my worry is the fines associated with accidently calling these individuals. 

I would assume that you'd just simply sell each individual lot to the developer at a set lot price such that your cost to purchase the raw land and improve it to buildable lots was worth the proposed profit per lot.  

Granted, once I know you as an individual are tied to a transaction, then I can see what you have done in the past and any future transactions.