Money to burn looking for a return

[Jesse Birmingham]

Greetings. I'm a mariner and spend at least half the year on a ship. I currently do not own any property (rental or my own). The only bills I have are student loans. I currently net about $4000 a month after I pay my student loans. I'm looking to start investing in short term or vacation properties in luxury areas. is it feasible for me to do this? I would like to buy in places like Thailand or other SE Asia areas. Would I be a fool to do this while I still have about $140,000 in loans to pay off or could I start to make money at the same time? Any info or advice greatly appreciated. Basically I feel I have the means to make my income grow and want to try to do that.