Personally, I use American Express SimplyCash Plus Business Credit Card, which offers $0 annual fees.

Still, brick structures of this size only exist with comps in the last 12 months, when they are located a mile west, which is closer to a more prime area (entertainment, shopping, restaurants). 

You could help him with selling the vehicles by contacting some local clubs or shops, but that plan doesn't work unless he is ready to part with them.

Once you get the deal under contract at your target price (maybe try for a tad bit lower) THEN you can shop it for financing.

They simply have to go to the American embassy in that country to have them notarized, and Fedex back.  

for example say they want 40k and I want 5k.when I shop it around am I telling potential buyers were asking for 45k?

American real estate is a hard safe low risk asset.  

The seller lives about an hour and a half away from his properties and we met at a local coffee shop to go over the contract and sign.

I have a lot of tools to go after American crooks.  

Usually you can borrow 80% value being owner occupied, shop around some banks go up higher, there are many factors involved including how long you have lived there, debt to income, credit, etc.