I doubt the winner of the election will have 1/10th the effect of lower interest rates and whether supply continues to increase or demand decreases.

You can also ensure you have market rates. there is such a strong demand for housing in Detroit, units are renting at top dollar in less than 5 weeks.

From looking at Furnished Finder, Craigslist, Fbook marketplace, Zillow, the rents for MTR vs LTR don't seem that different (although are a bit all over), and I'm having a hard time assessing demand for MTR. 

I would depart and demand a refund.

Where people expect and demand some "invisible hand" take care of, provide, anything and everything that creates any impediment to there having what there wanting. 

If you're in a place with good demand, it totally works.

B) Hold the lots, pay the taxes each year and just sit tight to see where things go, hoping in a few years demand will pick back up and then either sell the lots or build. 

Costa Rica is expensive and it generally doesn't work from a pure investment point of view, unless you're not very demanding from an ROI point of view.

You have a lot of quality renters there because of the fact that there's a large demand to be close to downtown. 

Little supply, high demand ... voila, high prices.