Social Security Number, international credit agencies or credit reporting services can provide information on an applicant's credit history abroad.

I regularly mentor people here in Columbus, Ohio

Secure hoses where the tenants can't bang into them under the sink. 

You buy the note from the note holder and bid full payoff is the best way to secure the property- of course buying a note is not easy and you don't get to really pick a property - you also have no idea what interior looks like 

To James's point about security, that could be part of the tenant improvements and on the tenant to handle. 

Well, it has not been easy to get it rented (January / February), and they are texting us regularly asking how its coming, how can they help, it is becomming very annoying. 

We've been offered the opportunity to purchase a Seller Financed -Purchase money 1st lien DOT - Deed of Trust securing a promissory Note involving a property in the State of Alabama.

I regularly contract properties each month.

If the loan is for personal use or secured by an owner-occupied property, then youre getting into consumer finance territory.

Biggest difference is that the hot tub will require regular visits for cleaning and chemical balancing, probably weekly during season plus the cost of chemicals.