Anyone over 18 fills out has to furnish their social security and driver's license numbers, and pays a fee for a credit / background check.

If you pay the $250 and they say it's all perfectly glued and installed schedule 80 then you're going to have confidence without worry.

Furthermore if they are always paying they probably will stiff you in the end if they know they aren't going to get the deposit back. 

We accepted a pre list offer of $236000.00 with us paying the closing and are scheduled to close mid March. 

Ultimately, you will need to have the borrowed funds in USD and ideally in your US business entity bank account to sail through underwriting with US lenders on US properties.Caveat: the rates will likely be something like 10-12% so it would not make sense on a long-term holding, more like on a down payment on a purchase and rehab value-add project that you will eventually sell (or cash-out refinance) to pay off the borrowed funds in a few months. 

As of today they stopped paying the interest.

I think that this niche pays off a little better than SFH's.

Pay attention to realtors who are wanting to provide value and provide resources and make time for your inquiries without ever expecting anything from you in return.

I’d recommend interviewing a handful of companies, asking for referrals, and making sure the team you choose has a multi-layer review process—so it's not just one person handling your books, but a team with oversight and checks & balances.And totally agree with @Markus Shobe: you get what you pay for!

what would be the justification for paying that much?