Also, you must familiarize yourself with local laws and regulations regarding STRs to avoid purchasing in areas that are not STR-friendly, which could save you from legal headaches and poor investment choices.Another critical strategy is staging your home to appeal to your target guests.

Probably not worth it.2) Check your state laws and what's allowed.3) Most PMC's have a clause regarding appliances, that they are "as-is, whereis".

Hutchens Law is a notable firm in this field.

There are no laws, rules or regulations preventing any foreigner, American or otherwise, to buy property in CDMX or Mexico for that matter.If, by having success, you mean getting a profitable investment, I'm sure many American and other investors got that over the last few years (I personally haven't since I've focused my efforts on Mexico's beach markets, which are far better in my opinion.

Not sure of laws in MD, but generally speaking...We use a debt collections agency for unpaid balances.

Our agent has experience dealing with/removing squatters and Georgia just updated their laws regarding squatters.

Many investors tend to stay away from Garland and Mesquite because they have very strict renovation and rental inspection laws. 

Hi @Nina Erlandson, yes we just had our last one last Wednesday and we were talking about the new Spanish housing law in Spain (nueva ley de la vivienda). 

I will soon be a licensed broker, but need to work under an employing broker for two years per Colorado law.

I live in Belguim, so not all laws and rules will be the same here, so it is best not to read American books in connection with their legislation, etc.Thank you in advance,Kenji