. - 1 regional lender (Pima + 1 other county), 1 state-wide lender (AZ), and 1 national lender, not in that order, is represented here. 

Some of which are national builders like DR Horton, Toll Brothers, LGI, etc.

The National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG) is really easy to work with and doesn't require repairs like that usually.

I would highly recommend NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) to learn about Property Management.

Lastly when I was newer in the business I was a Land ONLY specialist I sold smaller to larger Ranch style land and depending on where it was and how difficult it was to show standard fee's in those  days was 10% and on some of my deals that were 40 miles of dirt road back into Mendocino National Forest and took someone with my unique skills with maps and compass's to even find the land I charged 20 to 30% commish on those.

I will let engelo pontificate on it.. being that he is famous there.. you may not have known it but he bought the cheapest home ever sold in All of Australia and made national news.. then they kicked him out of the country and he had to flee to the US were as we know we love imigration legal or not.

As one of the nation's leading SEO experts, I can tell you that their SEO is based on black hat and grey hat SEO  and it is mostly based on low-quality backlinks.

Read the book the 16% solution for a good general overview.My advice is don't take any of these types of national courses. 

Many lenders want to see insurance in place as part of their "underwriting"Are all hard money lenders participating in this chicken vs egg challenge or are there some that use common sense and have adjusted their practices to accommodate the various laws throughout the nation?

For tax liens you will have to have a national acquisition strategy, you cannot limit yourself on one or two states.