If a potential tenant is not comfortable with a vanilla lease, I believe they did you a favor not booking the place.

Add 20% to give you some comfortable room.Comparable Sales - What are alike homes going for?

Most of my friends who are all engineers very few invest in real estate because of risk and not having time or education in it.It can be really good or really bad - but my recommendation is both need to be comfortable with it.

Determine how comfortable you are with these risks and make sure you have enough money saved up for any unanticipated difficulties.Examine Market Conditions: Do some research on the local real estate market as well as those of other possible investment destinations.

Factor in social security and any other investments and you're sitting comfortably if you don't have personal debts going into your 60s.

Comes down to price/comfort, is the going rate to have everything done for you whether it be menial or not 5-6% of the transaction?

All my info is on my profile.I think more people know about short and mid term rentals so they are more comfortable renting to someone who does this.

If we could use the PM solely for sourcing tenants, payment processing, and any eviction issues, then I think we’d be comfortable acting as the primary point for maintenance. 

Stepping outside of my comfort zone but I understand the risks and I am not depending on that investment to perform.I think you should invest somewhere in your comfort zone, whatever that may be.

I really like Mennesses the people I spoke to give me comfort and they have a good reputation in playa del Carmen.