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I will say I had to nudge them to do the work of renewing the license.

This works if you are handy.

What's the exit strategy if any, for the investor, given that, with 50%, he has no control and the market there is illiquid, especially when the HELOCs out of North American properties are much more expensive.Properties in Costa Rica are already expensive and I've tried many times to make a potential investment there work and it's never worked with the figures.

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This would help reduce the amount needed for a bridge loan to fund the acquisition and renovate the four vacant units.

Rather, they are four former commercial real estate brokers, with one of them also an attorney in their 60s or 70s that have a true hands-on style of mentoring.

However, it will be hard to make the numbers work if you are borrowing 100% of the purchase price.As others have said, house hacking is probably your best option right now.

Old properties aren't a bad thing as long as you account for the big four- HVAC, foundation, roof and sewer.

Each parcel can host up to two units, effectively enabling up to four units on what was previously a single-family lot.