If you're looking to invest OOS you should check out this Bigger Pocket Blog here: Core 4 Members of a Profitable Long-Distance Real Estate Investing Team (biggerpockets.com)explaining what's needed and how to build your Big Four team so you will have boots on the ground ready to move full speed ahead when you're ready to pull the trigger.

I don't claim to have a crystal ball to give a time frame, but I think in the next 7 years we should experience a better market (at least to some degree), giving you a chance to refinance into lower rates if you wish.No point in locking in a 30-year fixed when the rates aren't incredible to begin with.

5) Would you change the locks immediately?

On the other hand, I just started working on my own development in Tulum so there’s a lot I can share on the topic.Many of you have thanked me for helping you buy a property in the area thanks to the informative content I have published on the forums or I have shared in our private communications but I know that there are many more people I've helped who haven't pulled the trigger even though they wanted to.

Just yesterday I read an article about a NY landlord who was arrested for changing the locks of HER PROPERTY, where squatters were present.

Would anyone have some suggestions on a smart lock which would fit this type of door? 

I can also share the local contacts I have made in the past decade for all the services you will need if you decide to pull the trigger ie: Notary, CPA, Real Estate law firms, photographers, property managers, financing, developers, etc. 

Until then all you are hearing is BS when someone firmly states my cash flow is ........I know to this point in time I have positive cash flow, some is unfortunately artificial due to locked in equity, but to answer the question as to my actual positive cash flow...…. without a crystal ball it is impossible to answer.I have a friend that has a mortgage free1M dollar property he rents for 5K per month.

Unless both the circuit breaker for the heater and the local disconnect are locked inside an "Authorized Personnel Only" area, the tenant(s) can always shut the heat off.

Whilst legally this should trigger the sale purchase clause and put you in breach of contract, both of them admitted that the transfer is a common occurrence and not a big deal.