The beach has taken about a year and the jungle house will take about 4-5 years because we are paying off some seller financing with the revenue from the short term rentals.I would say that I can definitely make more money investing in real estate in the United States than in Costa Rica.

Seller purchased in 2018 for $250K.

In future if you are refinancing I would sometimes look to pay a higher purchse price but have seller concessions to bring the price down on paper but not for comp purposes. 

Seller (also the agent) purchased it in Jan 2023 for $730,000.

A year ago I recently purchased my first multi family to house hack and I rant into a issue when the seller paid for a electrical upgrade to the home.

Seller purchased in Sept 2022 for $274K, leaving room for a "win/win."

You absolutlely need to be direct to seller or have close, personal relationships with wholesalers and active agents.

When the housing market became seller friendly, I unloaded 5/6 of our long term rental units, paid off our house with that and invested in stocks and mutual funds…completely no fun, right??

A balanced market typically has around 6 months of inventory, so anything lower suggests a seller’s market with limited inventory.🎆 Las Vegas Rings in 2025 with a Bang!"

Much more difficult to convince sellers to owner finance5.