However, my wife is finding it difficult to navigate her own countries conventional mortgage process while being away from her country for so long.

Obviously you would want the Starbucks because they have the security of being a global brand with tried and true systems and processes that make it a much less risky investment than a mom-and-pop shop.

  - Be sure to factor in transactional fees and costs you may incur during the process).Creative financing, conceptually, could be another alternative.Joe

There are a few things that might need to be changed that I can recommend depending on your processes, systems and the proprty itself. 

As soon as they do not pay, then give them notice and start the eviction process. 

Currently in the process to refi and cash out roughly $200K, ON TOP OF the original $280 I put down.

I am a real estate agent in the process of finding my first real estate rental deal.

I don’t want some part time agent who ignores calls just because it’s a Saturday, I’m trying to streamline future processes by making sure i get the best agent possible starting out, so what are some good questions to ask?

I am a residential remodeling contractor by trade with a solid understanding of the rehab process and a network of laborers and subcontractors that I can rely on, and thus plan on managing this first rehab myself. 

I am hoping I do not have to go through the evection process (done it before all the way to sheriff kicking the door in) and its quite daunting process, but the upside I guess would be I been through it all.