Keep pushing, trust your gut when it’s backed by solid info, and keep leaning on the people who’ve trekked a few miles down this path before you.- Dennis Bragg & Jasper

Down around those areas you'll be swimming in a sea of cabin competition, so a Scandinavian style or something otherwise standout might be the only path to making more. 

would love to understand what needs to happen to invest there as someone from out of country.

If you want to move assets off shore those assets may or may not be subject to collection depending on the country.  

The state’s housing is also ranked as the fourth most affordable in the country.Alabama currently has the second-lowest average property tax rate in the country at 0.4%, which helps investors keep more of the money they earn.

This could take 2-3 weeks to get done since the seller is out of the country. 

Its not near any major cities where someone might look at it as a long play for path of progress.Another option might be to see if a solar farm or wind farm company might be interested once its clear cut. 

Most of the material used comes from non U.S. friendly countries. 

Two Reasons: First, because 50M people in this country either work gig jobs or are illegal immigrants, when they lose their jobs or have their hours scaled back, it doesn't show up on official unemployment stats.

I was Out of country for multiple weeks.