The first lawyer handles anything that comes up normally in the course of business and often operates on his/her time as opposed to being the fastest.

I am thinking why would a seller sell as is when he can sell normal and get a higher price?

So when I showed her my plan, she pushed back since this was outside of our normal household practices.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to stay focused and avoid some of these common pitfalls early on.Quick thoughts:Find the right Realtor – Make sure they’ve got some skin in the game with househacking or investment experience.Budget = Game Plan – That pre-approval is your marching orders.

The crazy part is, is that I feel like these types of things are normal to find in almost any property if you care enough.

Normally it is 30 days, but to be safe, I'd give them notice now and ask them to be out by Nov 30. 

@Jon VanspronsenSubdividing is normally easy.

You'll develop tough skin and it will make other seller calls (i.e.

Well actually, I've heard of some situations where bird dogs do actually put it under contract, in this case, the investor usually will pay the bird dog more than he would normally pay him vs if he just 'referred' the property. 

Of course, this is just my opinion but I bet I'm not alone..If I'm an investor, I think the returns you're able to achieve in Costa Rica are higher than normal because you focus on these large properties and, as @Martin D. mentioned, prices in that country are too high and returns too low.