As part of your purchase, I would strongly recommend you get free lot rent.

The point is, if you build a strong foundation (though nobody sees that) the building will be solid!

LinkedIn seems to be a good way of just making your presence, background & qualifications known (it's almost always in the Top 4 results when you google a person's name - and the website itself is in the top 20 websites worldwide).

This is in Florida so the roofs do darken over time due to the strong sun we get in Florida.

I second J Scott's comments strongly.

Unless there is a strong potential for profit in an 'As Is' land sale move on to a quicker turn around deal.

We rent to folks without SS#'s, but they have to be strong on all other qualification criteria.

Ensure that pilot flame is strong and blue.

But real estate is an all-local business, don't invest in what you do not understand.If you have strong enough local ties in foreign markets and comfortable with the volatility and characteristics (good or bad) of the specific market and can expect good returns, go for it.

a small minority get rich in real estate through pure tenacity and luck, vast majority that are able to 'make it big' already has strong foundations (i.e. capital).If you're already gotten as far as med school, the smart thing is to finish it, get a real job, then use the high income to leverage low interest debts for investment.Jumping ship this late in the career game from a high trajectory track to something like real estate with no experience or other foundation is a calamity in the making.