Quote from @Don Miller: The following is not to express any level of happiness or unhappiness with the build:Received change orders totaling $14,970 for 18 additional loads of fill dirt over allotted amount in contract (fill dirt arrived in December 2022), 7 loads of septic sand over allotted amount, and rock excavation at the septic site.I deal with all of those issues on new builds.

Buyers usually want to purchase on today’s value while sellers often want to use future potential of the property (“current rents are below market” or “room to build an additional property”, etc) to increase the purchase price or likelihood of a sale.

In addition to Turbo Tenant, I would suggest that you have a local Realtor list it for rent. 

Additionally, confirm the transfer won’t lead to property reassessment, which could increase taxes.

When I ran the numbers compared to US real estate, the added leverage potential here meant that it was not worth the additional hassle to continue investigating Dubai. 

Did you finance this deal with a local bank or credit union?

I’ve just heard horror stories from landlords and I’m looking for suggestions on how to best vet tenants - Good credit, no missed rental payments in last 5 years, etc.

Additionally, they may have in their contract that if the property is sold that their company will broker the sale through their own brokerage company.Lease Option Partnership Benefits- The property is purchased at a discount which creates instant equity at the start of the investment.

@Edgar Duarte Selling now under the primary residence exclusion avoids capital gains taxes, allowing you to reinvest the $500K equity in diversified assets like index funds or additional rental properties.

I had one overall criteria and that was could I create additional value and could it pencil.