You anticipate that the winners provide much more profit than the losers, and you end up with a portfolio that produces a double digit return + a “salary” for your active participation over time. 

When investing in real estate, having multiple exit strategies is key.For a single investment property, make sure the numbers work for both scenarios: 1️) If you decide to sell the home, the deal should produce a solid return. 2️) If you need to rent it out, the rental income should cover expenses and provide a profit.Flexibility is what saves you when things don’t turn out as planned.

However, you will find it difficult being that both of you are W-2 with your main activity to produce income being outside the real estate profession.

It should be producing far better return than the passive s&p to justify the effort.Good luck

You could get workers for USD $3 per day to cut brush.Local produce is relatively cheap. 

One idea is to proceed with the 1031x, save on the capital gains, parlay your proceeds into income-producing properties, and capitalize on the low-interest rate offered by these operators.   

Are you taxed on the net or the gross income produced as a non-resident ?

Rent ready in leveraged RE in this market does not produce returns that meet my expectations of return for my effort. 

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” - Milton FriedmanAgreed Russel. 

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