I am currently taking classes from a very well known and national real estate agency BUT I am starting to feel that their culture might not be what I am looking for or what I had in mind.

Also Use this website to find qualified architect through the National organization AIA - American Institute of Architect: https://aiahouston.org/v/architect-search/ Search by project type. 

We have an A+ rating with the BBB, members of a couple of local Chamber of Commerces, part of a national franchise with 300 offices, been members of Business Networking International, local REIA's, etc and the franchise itself has a major role with NARPM, but local office is not a member.

@cassie Jones, I use National Real Estate Insurance Group for my builders risk insurance.

ORVacant property: National RealEstate Insurance Group

local CUs and banks are a great place for you to start but reach out to national and mortgage brokers as well learn what other options you may have

Some countries are easier than others and the type of property matters - but there are a few banks that are doing Foreign National Financing; it also helps if you have assets (deposits) in the U.S. 

If we all remember the wonderful times that our government was having back in January, you remember that the IRS (and the rest of the government) decided to shut down for the longest government shutdown in our nation's history.

Phase 1 - "Peak" - - Unit sales increasing, Prices increasing, Inventory decreasingPhase 2 - "Correction" - - Unit sales decreasing, Prices increasing, Inventory increasingPhase 3 - "Trough" - - Unit sales decreasing, Prices decreasing, Inventory increasingPhase 4 - "Recovery" - - Unit sales increasing, Prices decreasing, Inventory decreasingIn our are we are in Phase 3 of this cycle, which is known as the "trough" where you see unit sales decreasing, prices starting to come down some, and inventory starting to increase.Keep in mind that New Orleans tends to buck the national trends when it comes to real estate and the economy as a whole.

We kicked off our research online but came up short only obtaining national statistics not relative to the PNW and most were bias coming from staging companies, naturally. ..So, we decided to run a case study and listed two properties both located near Mt.