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?

I'm sure conversation about investing in the US will probably be dominant due to the fact that it's not easy to purchase in Japan with financing.

For example, the notion of a "holding" LLC (in a state with charging order protection) that owns other LLCs (in the states where the rental properties are located) is not unique to this firm, but it is certainly promoted more dominantly by this firm than other sources I've come across. 

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. 

I can't wait to learn, grow, and dominate alongside each and every one of you.

Welcome Dominic! 

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.