Some can actually be pretty cheap.

Set a goal of 60 days to educate yourself and dedicate 30-60 minutes per day actually doing it.

Actual results vary a bit with each project.Hopefully that gives you an idea of what a builder would look for in numbers for the market to make sense.

Actually I talked to 6 different multi family mastermind groups.

I purchased my first home through NACA to actually live in and I'm curious on how to build my RE portfolio from here.

And yes, there is a risk that your rates would go up or they can drop you - but unfortunately, many insurers in that are may already be planning to exit the market or raise rates on everyone to make up for loses.One thing to note about a claim like this, insurance will usually pay for repairs to the damage caused by the problem, but not fixing the actual pipe that broke.

Unless you're getting this property way under-market value, and/or the property is in a great location (blue chip market), I don't actually see the value of doing seller financing here, considering it's not the most stellar terms anyway.

I have used him for over 5 yrs and was actually recommended by a nearby HOA President. 

Was it actually an emergency, or did they just say it was an emergency?

There are actually quite a few Americans investing in real estate in Japan, but more I think that invest only in the US.