Any foreign mutual savings bank, foreign mutual savings fund society, national banking association, foreign bank and trust company, or foreign insurance company, or any foreign corporation of which all the capital stock, except directors' qualifying shares, is owned by one (1) or more of the above-named organizations, shall not be considered to be transacting or engaging in business in this state by reason of carrying on in this state any of the following activities if the organization is not organized under the laws of this state and does not maintain a place of business within this state:
(1) The acquisition or making of loans, or participation or interests therein, secured by deeds of trust, mortgages, or mortgage notes on real property situated in Arkansas pursuant to commitment agreements or arrangements made prior to or following the origination or creation of the loans;
(2) The making, directly or through or in participation with national or state banks having their banking offices in this state or other Arkansas concerns engaged within this state in the business of making or servicing such loans, of loans secured by such mortgages or mortgage notes, or loans secured by assignments or pledges of obligations secured by such mortgages or mortgage notes;
(3) The ownership, modification, renewals, extensions, transfers, or foreclosure of those loans, mortgages, or mortgage notes, or the acceptance of substitute or additional obligators thereon;
(4) The maintenance of bank accounts in national or state banks having their banking offices within this state in connection with the collection or servicing of those loans, mortgages, or mortgage notes;
(5) The maintenance of depositary or pledge-holder agreements or arrangements with national or state banks having their banking offices within this state in connection with the taking of assignments or pledges of such loans, mortgages, or mortgage notes;
(6) The making, collection, and servicing of those loans, mortgages, or mortgage notes directly or through an Arkansas concern engaged in the business within this state of servicing real estate loans;
(7) The taking of deeds to the mortgaged property for a reasonable period of time either in lieu of foreclosure or for the purpose of transferring title either to the Federal Housing Administration or to the Department of Veterans Affairs as the insurer or guarantor;
(8) The acquisition of title to real property for a reasonable period of time under foreclosure sale or from the owner in lieu of foreclosure;
(9) The management, rental, maintenance, and sale, or the operating, maintaining, renting, or otherwise dealing with, selling, or disposing of real property acquired under foreclosure sale or by agreement in lieu thereof;
(10) The maintaining or defending of any actions or suits relating to those loans, deeds of trust, mortgages, mortgage notes, agreements, or other arrangements or activities referred to herein or incidental thereto; and
(11) The physical inspection and appraisal of real property in Arkansas as security for mortgage notes or mortgages and negotiations for those loans.