You could also look for a broker to help you out- I have one insured through American Modern.  

Owning a house is part of the "American Dream" so people buy homes even if it doesn't make 100% financial sense to do so.

There was an episode on American Greed about Remington financial.. they were in business over 20 years their target was small commercial to bigger multi or commercial.. they charged 5 to 10k DD fee's estimated they brought in over 200 million in the 22 years they operated.. by the time the FBI was done with them.. they could not establish that they had made more than 11 loans in all those years.... long prison sentences. your instincts are fine and intact.

You can be almost anywhere you please, including at an American Consulate in Mexico after finishing your freaking boat race to Mexico that you didn't bother telling me you were going on when we opened escrow!

It's pretty American based though, so make sure that you find other resources to help you study the Singapore market and see if that's what you want to do.

I don't know much about American roofs (sorry!

I send thousands of letters each month, and the source I use for data is a division of first American Title called Core Logic (or RealQuest).There are obviously many ways to get data, but in my years in this business I have found that Core Logic really is the industry standard for real estate mailer data for all types of real estate.The first thing I like about Core Logic is that the data is usually amazingly fresh, and they even tell you how old it is before pulling it.

Gary Keller is cautioning real estate agents to prepare for a downturn according to this Sunday's Austin American Statesman.

For me as a non-American traveling that's a turn-off.

After reading your post, I reached out today to a couple of the companies who specialize in financing for SFR rentals and am waiting to hear what kind of terms I can get (Liberty Rental Finance/Colony American/Lima One).