Also certainly interested in connecting with flip-friendly HM lenders in New Mexico/Georgia/Tennessee if anyone has recos :)Thank you!

You could use a HELOC on home properties but this comes down to the same thing as paying 100% in cash.Assuming that your definition of Central America excludes Mexico, the only countries in which you could get a mortgage would be Costa Rica and Panama.

Honestly- you've got a set up here that is what almost everyone on these boards is dreaming of, why not move to South America or Mexico and let your PM handle everything?

I buy do this in New Mexico, Nevada, just sold a lot in Michigan.   

Who can help with double closing transactions for REI in new-mexico?

Also, when it comes to tourists and digital nomads, Costa Rica can't compete against Mexico, which is much cheaper, is in much higher demand and is much closer to the US and Canada and much more accessible.Costa Ricans are generally speaking very nice people and the country has no army.

For instance, despite what I said above, Erin and I are also buying a home in Mexico where we love to vacation.

Being sandwiched between CA, Mexico, and TX doesn't hurt either :)

If you look at North and Central America and the Caribbean only, your best bets are the Dominican Republic and Mexico by far.

Mexico even has better economic than last decade.