Tourism is an historic well established business there and make a comparison Mexico Vs Colombia is like compare a tropical island vs a desert .

Prices are high and  cap rates are at historically low levels.  

A lot of historically bad areas like Compton and Watts have really calmed down and are seeing major appreciation (Watts has been crazy for that the last two or three years), and there can be good opportunities.

San Diego has historically produced near the best ROI in the nation.  

It is one street over from a historic, A neighborhood.  

At the price point and what it brings in for rent, I think it may make more sense as a live-in flip than a rental, so want to leave my options open after the next two years to likely sell it.The neighborhood its in is one of the more historic, high end in its market. 

SA has historically been steady though (as far as I understand), so I was surprised to see it on that list.

As my ancestry is Greek, my favorite historical example is an ancient Athenian general and politician named Themistocles.

Hey @Juan Chavez,She could access the equity by selling the entire property or bringing in a partner who would like to buy into the equity in exchange for cashflow.Why not put together a small package on your Mom, her income, the property's historical financials and a plan for the way forward and take it to 5 bankers for in person meetings?  

Nothing exciting* Contacts - people that are in properties and or have been historically* Leases - term, amount, contact and the signed agreement* Files - closing docs, appraisals, insurance, etc. grouped by Property* Income - amount, date, property, attachments, category (rent vs lease option fee, etc)* Expenses - actual expenses, date, property, attachments (mortgage, capex, maintenance, turn, etc.)* Reserves - savings from each rent payment for future expensesIf you wanted to use more like a PM, you could set up an online form for tenants to input requests and include attachments and track maintenance through it.Hope that helps.PS - I still use Excel for projections/modeling