But it can be a pain in the *** at the wrong timeI’ll hang up and listen.

The plan to time the market loses to psychology and fear of loss.To your point, though, I would agree that for some people the liquidity of REITs is a good thing.

Everything I've done to date is with LOC financing ... and for the first time in 20 years I'm feeling the pain because of the rates. 

I am not sure whoI could get the official answer from on whether I should file this tax or not. really a pain in the ***. 

Trying to be the "more" that some investors are looking for can be way more painful than simply moving to the next investor and writing this one off by helping them go a different direction.Of course, I'm preaching to the choir. 

We're not looking for an immediate huge ROI, but would like enough to cover costs and pay for our flights a few times per year(plus a cushion for repairs, upkeep, etc), while we ultimately wait the 10 years for Tulum to go through its growing pains, and then have a much more valuable property on our hands.Even with this conservative plan, we would still need to locate the right property in the right location that appeals to us and renters NOW and is poised to become more desirable as Tulum blossoms.

I got family that couldn't evict a tenant for almost a year that was extremely painful, and I wouldn't want to go through that.  

So, if the smaller properties are a pain, what do you search for?  

If they don't set it up correctly, they could lose a lot of anticipated income and have to foreclose.Disadvantages to the buyer include, if it isn't set up correctly and the seller dies, ownership may be in question with a long painful lawsuit.

The fear of that 45 days is much more psychological than it is real.  45 days from the closing of the sale is actually more like 3 months from going into contract for the sale to find your next property.