It's not for the faint of heart and you have to have a BULLETPROOF management system that ensures you get payment and your properties are taken care of!

But an individual with their unique risk tolerance is mostly limited by their perceptions instead of reality.  

Use dotloop or some other online signature system.

What I have is multiple checking accounts for the LLC for different systems.

He wanted me to tell him an amount of money I would pay him for the leads, but without being able to research them, I couldn't tell him if there was even any money to be had.Does anyone have a contract/system in place for marketing to these people?

The property was converted from an oil based heating to a gas based heating system.

A septic system that based on it's age probably will not pass a Title 5 inspection. 

If the bidding system for developers are the usual bidding system for commercial/government, then I might not have vetted this developer thoroughly.

Imagine if 20-30% of the buying transactions disappeared, and that's a good picture of what life would be like in a stricter system in those countries that you mentioned.These subsidized loans happens largely because US social policy is mostly non-existent towards public housing or rent subsidies when compared to those other home-owning countries.

Notes originated for the secondary of institutional portfolios are not the main thrust, those come from distressed situations directly with the bank and borrower in unique situations, not tapes.There are much better note opportunities from the note holder, not brokers.