As has been previously mentioned, there are a set of rules and ethics for agents and brokers that should always be maintained if you want to be respected by your team, and as a professional in the investing world. 

Like everywhere else, inflation is on the higher side but that's because of real economic growth, not because the Mexican central bank has artificially maintained interest rates at a low level like the FED has.

I've told him multiple times that he needs to maintain a reasonable temperature in the house but he continues to ignore me.

VA property standards will apply here, and commercial real estate tends to be more beat up than residential in general, and on top of that high vacancy real estate is also almost always beat up real estate that has been poorly managed and maintained for several years.

I live far away and was unaware no one was watching or maintaining the home or I would have attempted to find a caretaker of the home maintenance.

I get charged 10% on property management per rented property, lawn maintenance and service utility on the properties not rented, and miscellaneous expenses on little things that pop up for maintaining the properties. 

I am guessing there will be higher maintainence and property management costs for STR than LTR but by how much?

Hi Russel. it bothers me because they didn't disclose it and when asked about it they maintained they didn't know there was a fire and there have been a couple of other items they didn't "remember" that were in the disclosures.

In order to MAINTAIN equity with an amortized note, you will have to reinvest the principal part of the P & I payment you receive each month. 

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.