You will also quickly learn how to manage properties well instead of spending decades figuring it out like most investors.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

I'm sure you're well aware that it is extremely rare for a lead to want to transact immediately.

I'm definitely open and interested to venturing well outside SFH.

My mum currently lives there, she is 80 and not very well, but you would also become a tenant in common and as such if you had the time you could profit 100% from the transaction, as I need cash urgently and am willing to heavily discount the asset.I am wondering if there is a market out there where someone wants to get a foothold in the London market by buying my part of the property.

REI Central is Thursday night of this week (2/6), and there are a few other local meetups as well. 

Hopefully, by year 3 the market will be good enough for a refinance as well!

A whole lot to be wary of- well, lagoon system and then those POH trailers. 

It gives you a total livability score as well. https://www.areavibes.com/

These are amazing ideas and what's great is your meetups would be a great place to ask these questions as well!