I rely on personal care assistants (PCAs) for daily help, which are fortunately covered by government benefits.

They lived subprime and are still haunted by mistakes the government made along with greedy lenders.

After Hurricane Sandy in NY the vast majority of the houses on the South Shore of Long Island were lifted through various government grant programs.

Why would any landlord list their properties for LESS than what the government is willing to pay?

This way you always should have cashflow coming in and consider renting to section 8 for a government backed rent check. 

There is usually one for each State/Couty and a few Government DPA's that will cover down payment and closing costs as well.

From talking to locals, there's a couple of issues than need to be addressed, some are the non-ecological practices that some of those developers have, unfortunately, our government profits from this investors and allows them to destroy manglers (which are the natural water purifying system of that area) dismantling hectares of mangroves and degraded the habitat of resident and migratory species burying animals alive.There's proof of fecal material floating beneath the city of Tulum, only 20% of the water is sent to the water treatment plant, there's no infrastructure for the exponential growth.The landfills in the middle of the jungle that is leaking hazardous pollutants into the freshwater system and that something that developers won't tell you.I love my country and it would be a disaster for everybody if this place ends up like some other great beaches around the world, that are completely ruined by greedy investors not following the rules.There's no urban or comprehensive master plan, and one of the risks is that Tulum will be like Playa del Carmen is today, overgrown and with environmental devastation.I will advise doing a lot of research before getting something in Tulum, different country, different rules, and practices.

Grants and Subsidies: Research local government or nonprofit programs that offer grants or subsidies for renovations, especially in designated revitalization areas.9.

I bet the government thought people would plug in while visiting the DMV and then leave, that never happens.

Certainly not afraid of it -- the government red tape is Partly a question and difficulty removing a bad tenant is probably he biggest downside - that goes for any property though.