Since you plan to travel often, focusing on systems and building a reliable team: agent, lender, property manager, and contractor. 

In addition, I am considering changing my furnaces/boilers to have plug-in cords instead of being hard wired so that if there is a power outage in winter that I could power that heating system with a portable power station.

Systems.

Quote from @Robert Gunn: I would also be very interested in hearing student or JV experiences with Pete and his program.I stumbled upon him by chance and for fun (I've been investing in land for years) signed up for his "free" course, which he promises after he pitches his $499/mo software system (which is basically an overpriced CRM) and then after the first "Level" in the course, you are directed to a pay page to access the rest of the "free" course.  

I would argue that they are young so they haven't been burned by bad landlords or even know how to take advantage of the system.

Our thought is a bunch of $.06 per minute charges on your credit card would be too many line items on your CC statement, so by default the system will reload your account in $50 increments (you can change this to any increment)In the dialer interface, I thought we displayed $99 for unlimited minutes as an add-on to the main app as an alternative to pay per minute.

The implication that anyone who pays for college education, or works at a 9 -5 job is stupid  Keep in mind it seems most guru's also lived in their moms garage and were broke until they found this super secrect system that they are now willing to share with you for the low low price of   :)

Look for places that have had restrictions for a couple of years and have a more stabilized rule system.

They have to surmise some valuation - people in divorces, bankruptcies etc need valuation on unique properties all the time. 

Living and working overseas can present unique challenges when it comes to securing financing, but there are definitely loan options designed for situations like yours.