My next job will be working out of the Gulf of Mexico work one month than having the next month off.

hi val,rockford does have low housing values, due to the loss of manufacturing jobs to mexico even b4 the housing crash. problem is, it's hard to get tenants who can pay. if you can pull it off, great!

A meth lab in New Mexico..

Not quite ready to retire and move to Mexico/SA yet, but congrats to you!

@Frank Caputo I'm a licensed real estate broker in New Mexico and have bought several VA foreclosures over the past couple years and have never had an issue.

"It´s a small world": I did part of my studies in TEC de Monterrey Mazatlán Campus, and as a Mazatlan-born and raised and after working for 7 years in Mexico City, moving back to Mazatlan was something I really desired: "there is something about the beach that makes life more pleasant" LOL so I understand your feeling.

This year I am finding all avenues for borrowing against this property and cashing out are blocked or relatively expensive (like 6.75%).  6.75% would not make sense for this deal.I am in New Mexico.  

I have also taken cruises to Alaska, Mexico and a cruise on the Yellow River in China.

He had a plane to catch to Mexico as he has a plantation of cashews to tend to.

@Andrea Flores the standard rate is 25%, the number does vary lender to lender.