You can pretty easily find a duplex to house hack in a good neighborhood in the $300,000-$400,000 range.

This has got to be one of the dimmest, easily solvable predicaments I've read on here 

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

The Cleveland market would allow you to hit those numbers easily.

 (2) You can also use Lead Swiper to target buyers online.Private Lender Leads: (1) Lead Swiper can easily target private lender leads (2) Nationwide Private Lender database (although this is 1-time payment premium feature, it's cheap), if you want access to capital, quick and easy, it's a no brainer.Hope that helps.

I think this can be easily solved by sticking to a few banks and building a relationship to get the better rate/fees.

In any case, you can easily calculate that.Looking at your objective of retiring in Costa Rica, you have two options:1.

For example, many of the nicer ski towns around Colorado require first month, last month, plus the security deposit upon move-in which can easily amount to $7k+.

This also allows for property owners to more easily write-off assets that get damaged/destroyed as the value of these assets is determined as part of the study.

I used to use the method for years as a Florida Private Banker for wealthier clients that were susceptible to law suits and could relatively easily pay off the line.