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.   

We only had 1087 homes sold in Nov. 2023.

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

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

Are your investments registered with either the SEC or with the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation?

“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. 

Since the Internet is flooded with trash information, AI absorbs it and produces its conclusions accordingly.

I'll do that when I meet my investments are producing my final goal of $X.