I strongly recommend an American Express product as soon as you can get one.  

American Public University has a nice real estate program.http://www.apu.apus.edu/lp2/real-estate/associate.htm

In business, unlike first grade, you can count any way you like: AH4RP One, LLC; AH4RP Three, LLC; AH4RP Four, LLC; AH4RP Five, LLC; AH4RP Nine, LLC (see image below of NCSOS search results starting with 'american homes'...

Many of these markets had vacation rentals long before airbnb so risk of regulation is low, and demand should continue to be strong as more Americans migrate to the south for employment and housing opportunity. 

Fun fact: I've competed on the TV show American Ninja Warrior several times in the last 5 years.

I see they now have an option with American Express so you aren't limited to just Lowe's.

Many people ignore that private American (and Canadian) citizens own a colossal amount of real estate in Mexico as a group.

Connected Investors is promoting new capabilities associated with being acquired by First American.

. #2 the man on the phone was definitely Nigerian (not a racial thing I'm African as well, Ethiopian), but the person on the picture of the email address was a white guy with a very American name (Bill Smith or something), and the Nigerian guy couldn't even pronounce the name :/ then the next email he sent had grammatical and spelling errors.

Since you bought that first lot, the peso has declined significantly more compared to the USD so doing that again makes sense.While property prices have been going up strongly in Colombia due to the great economy, rising middle class and exploding tourism, prices are dropping for Americans because of the fall of the peso.Like everywhere, there are several ways to make money in the market.