Don't make your life more complicated than it has to be.

Do your research to find places where you can get a good return on your investment.Legacy Planning: If passing on your investment to your kids is important, consider how you can structure your investments to make that process easier, whether through trusts, wills, or other estate planning tools.With the right strategy, you can absolutely build a successful real estate portfolio at this stage of your life.

Don't make your life more complicated than it has to be.

Every extortion attempt I have experienced in Baja has happened North of Ensenada.Beyond Ensenada are cool things like wineries (I do not drink wine), La Bufadora and its blow hole, great little fishing villages, Gurerro Negro and Scammons Lagoon (best whale watching on earth), San Pedro Martir (least visited forest region within a day of San Diego and has the twin Picacho del Diablo peaks and the national observatory), numerous Missions in various degrees of condition, hot springs, party towns (San Felipe), surf towns, snorkel/diving (anywhere in Sea of Cortex in Baja Sur), Sand Dunes (Baja races), etc.My worse theft south of Ensenada has been some bottled water.So the question is why Rosarito? 

A drafter or app can get it together but you may need an Architect or Engineer if it's a life safety review/submission. 

Stay out of their personal life.

If you’re in a situation where you’re getting numerous showings, how do you keep those initial offers interested just in case the later offers don’t pan out.

There are many and numerous court cases that will reinforce this.  

Having read extensively on the subject and listened to numerous podcasts, I'm excited to get started.

Depreciation also is a huge benefit that you can keep going as long as you are investing in real estate.There's always ways to make your life easier without paying those pesky taxes.