Normally the mortgage lender sends their own appraiser, who has other methods to fall back on when there are no comps. 

Check out the enemy method. 

If you're half as busy as me you will understand that this is not worth the time or animosity.I'm debating the depth and nature of my response. 

Some people use the sq ft method while others might just estimate every individual job (floors, paint, cabinets, shower, etc).

Do you have natural gas?

At least where I am, surrounded by forest, you're in a constant battle with nature to keep it from overtaking your property (that is, it takes straight up time and elbow grease.

Hi there,I am curious to what other financing methods are out there for foreign nationals in the US?

Their final numbers are only as good as their info and methods to evaluate that info....what if both are flawed?

@Victoria Davis, a title company could handle the transaction but in NYS, we don't offer legal advice due to the insurance nature of our company. 

I've heard from a lot of investors in this area that GC's (at least good ones) are impossible to lock down due to the nature of the market.I'm considering hiring individual contractors for all the different specialties, and trying to find a PM to oversee the rehab to make sure work is getting done.