If insurance is unavailable, I wouldn't invest.

Snoozing makes the open dates unavailable to future guests 

That could be offset by some creative financing on the right property if you were able to do a cash-out financing deal (tough to do when first buying a property, if not impossible unless you have a very strong balance sheet and a very close relationship with your lender), but even then, you will likely be cashing out up to a 75% LTV, so 25% of your equity is unavailable for this option.

I haven't gotten any of the promises EXPENSIVE mentors gave me, "step-by-step" instruction, "someone holding you by the hand", none of that garbage worked, the mentor was unavailable for MY needs and just sent me a bunch of copy-and-paste emails. 

It was listed over a holiday weekend and I think a lot of buyers were unavailable.

(with a rarity that it wouldn't be more expensive than your home country, unless those things were simply unavailable) and "buy property and rent it to expats!"

If historical rental data is unavailable, you can use the rate of appreciation in the area as a proxy, as rents tend to follow prices.

Note I will be unavailable Tuesday afternoon Oct. 4-Oct 6, back in the ball game Oct 7 BestDennis 

I HIGHLY recommend having multiple “lines” of your team as well, so if your power play line is busy or unavailable, you have a few folks to be able to text to try to get someone out there!

The money needs to be liquid and unlikely to be unavailable when times are tough -- because tough times often follow situations where you can't get money from other sources.