In the next 25 years the population of 400,000 will probably double due to the young having kids, bette health care, migration from poorer countries and Expats. 

Under this idea, you'd need to see if the Health dept has any restrictions for your septic system (which i assume you have) and if the power company would meter the 2nd unit separately. 

A strong contract will scare away any shotty contractors, and also protect you in the event that the contractor disappears in the night. 

Keep in mind that your competition is also scared of rates and staying out of the market.

We're here to help each other so I don't see the point of bringing that up to scare somebody away from buying a condo in Tulum when, so far, it's had absolutely no bearing on the performance of investments there.

L&I has labled both of them as unsafe, meaning the agency found them to be "dangerous to the life, health, property or safety of the public or the occupants of the structure".

In short, don't be scared of someone buying a project out from under you.

Quote from @Albert Johnson: Tenants never complained of a health issue.

But the other side of the coin your expenses go way up when your employer is now not paying you any bene's and you have to pay all your own health retirement self employment tax AMT tax etc etc. trying to do this with max leverage is going to be a long slog to replace a 150 to 200k a year job with bene's.

My questions in my post are solid, my info about Cleveland is accurate based on Cleveland neighborhood grades and Cleveland health systems, and my property values are fact.