This may not be PC to say, but don't forget to account for bribes when developing in the countries you mentioned.I have a friend who is an expert in stormwater and was working with the Bahamian government on solving some of their stormwater issues.

Then again, I think they invest all over the country?  

In my part of the country it is all asphalt shingles with blown insulation. 

There are a lot of people across the country that are looking to lock up deals and will split their assignment fees with a local to help them get the deal done.

@Jeremy Brown  good points.. but real estate is so regional.. like in your region  Sacramento Placer county etc.. the agent upon opening escrow would have gotten a preliminary title report back from teh title company within 3 to 5 days.. once that is received it would clearly state at the bottom of the report if anyone other than the title owner had an interest they would need to proof themselves up and sign. so in other parts of the country ( and I find this particularly frustrating) especially attorney closing states.. they will not pull title until way deep into the transactions. ( reason they have to pay an abstractor up front to pull title ) and if the deal fails they don't want to be on the hook for the abstractor fee so you don't find out that you have an issue with title many times very close to closing date and this leads to massive frustrations on the buyers side.. ( at least it has for me in these instances. )But your correct the listing agent probably should have or did know that the seller was married and should have gone down those thought process's.. usually your in the home during the listing signup but i know now with docusign this may not be the case as much as it used to be.. as RE is moving away from much of the belly to belly aspects we enjoyed in the olden days 

You are asking legal matters, for a country that almost no one knows the laws...What do you expect people to answer? 

Good morning Barbara my name is John Lowery my wife and I recently moved from Mint Hill to a little town east of Charlotte called Midland it's country for sure and I am currently exploring the investment opportunities here I have yet to close my first deal but areas near here are definitely on the uptick perhaps you and your husband should research this area

Purchase price: $185,000 Cash invested: $10 Sale price: $186,500 The owner of a SFR who had moved out of the country wanted to sell his house that has received extensive flooding during hurricane Harvey.

@Jenni G.The way the politics are leaning in this country I agree with your concern.

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