After coming from the Birmingham, AL market, I've learned that I really like to have a tight network of local investors who help shape how we're looking at properties. 

Loan:$20k down, 3 year balloon, 4% interest amortized over 30 years.Sale: $727,000This was a 4 unit property located a few blocks from the beach in Panama City Beach Florida.We decided to sell due to the amount of work needed with no renovations and sold for $727,000 less than a year later.

Can anyone confirm and if so, and local companies you recommend to help with removal? 

Facebook groups and joining the local REIA is a great place to start

Go to local meet-ups, make friends with people who buy houses with cash, and look at lots of houses.

I run the local meetup.

I know you want to invest, but you need to go to some local meetups and meet other investors face-to-face, learn what you really want, and as others said, do not buy a new build to rent.

I am a United States citizen living in the United States and am looking to obtain financing for an investment property located in Kenya, Africa. 

I'm a new investor in Seattle and have been analyzing flips, short-term, and long-term rentals using Dealcheck and some proformas that local agents and investors have sent me.

It’s a great location to buy and hold and rent.