Aside from cost and finding a good contractor, my major concern is safety of the home while it's vacant and being worked on.

They are encouraging people to take money from their retirement accounts and using it to buy properties, not that I am am opposed to this, however, I felt it was a bit strange that they mentioned this kind of financing would use a 5/1 arm.

"McAllen was recognized as the third safest city by SmartAssest.com, which analyzed a core set of common safety factors, including the following five metrics: violent crime, property crime, vehicular mortality rate, drug poisoning mortality rate and the percentage of the population engaging in excessive drinking."

Allows a landlord to do any of the following because the tenant has contacted an entity for law enforcement services, health services, or safety services:a.

Would need more information to get my arms around. 

they're talking about arms and full doc 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, just announced new rules requiring the average efficiency of new vehicles 50+ miles per gallon by 2031.

Nobody wants an ARM (adjustable-rate mortgage); yikes - of course not, everyone knows you are at risk of forclosure!

It seems like there could be a conflict of interest (e.g. the agency's investment arm finds the best deals/properties for themselves and pushes properties onto clients that their investment arm has already passed on).Is this an issue or is there something I'm missing that makes the conflict of interest uncommon?

As you know Cash setting in the bank is not good. so looking to invest some in Mexico in what works without taking too much risk knowing the legal, political and safety situation.