There's always a shortage of deals in the market, specially now.Good news is that once you gain some traction, you'll be able to buy better lists, a power dialer and even hire a VA to help you find qualified seller leads (I run a call center for Real Estate).

You're flipping the property to rental quality, creating a SOW, hiring contractors, or swinging hammers DIY to get it done. 

Additionally, the cost of hiring someone to manage and oversee the property is also more expensive in Cancun.

Jay, I have not seen a hire first hand but I had several relo clients tell me the same thing: they moved because of the smoke, not because of the fire.

What I would do is hire a licensed contractor for this work. 

You could set up a PM LLC that both of you would "Hire" to manage your tenants.

Thus, because I hired Latchel, the amount of work I had to do for a relatively straightforward task was multiplied--the exact opposite result Latchel promised.

I think many can be easily overcome like finding an attorney and contractors in the area, but the most interesting challenge I can think of is how to hire someone to deliver late payment notices one day a month.

I would just a hire a good PM and let them handle everything.

We are also entrepreneurs who have run a successful marketing firm since 2011, so we have experience building a business from scratch, hiring, marketing, building and leading teams, high-level negotiating, etc.