I've been an international teacher for the past 6 years, so I've lived in several different countries, but not in the US.

The lease I have is electronic, so they could sign it electronically before December 1.   

I already work in internal medicine and plan to do real estate on the side (selling minimally) to family and friends for flipping purposes.

There are others that contain hard money loans along with other types of investments.To answer your specific questions:IRR is your internal rate of return, which is a cash for calculation that lets you compare different investments to each other to determine which returns more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_rate_of_ret...A targeted IRR means that the IRR the investment wants to achieve.

My long term goal is to build a diverse portfolio of domestic and international properties consisting of apartments, condominiums and various commercial properties.

Unless someone is looking to hire or take on interns or offer mentoring, you have slim pickins. 

NC has multiple markets that make sense for out of state, or International , even some local buyers.

District Court)- State Tax Liens (Registry of Deeds)- Attachments (Registry of Deeds)- Petitions to Foreclose (Internal filings of Land Court)- Foreclosure Sales (Published legal notices)

President and general contractor of an international investment company located in Cape Coral Florida

I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with my bachelor's degree in Architecture and am working full time as an "Intern Architect" at a local firm in Memphis.