@Jenn BaronaTwo local resources I highly recommend to interject with some further feedback for you are: In spite of the market getting tougher to find "deals", Jen has continued to hustle and find deals.

I am wondering about ways in which I might be able to finance a duplex in Kansas City for a buy-and-hold in spite of being maxed out on my debt to income ratio with my bank. 

I just closed on a gas station where the owner decided not to pay the commission, in spite of the fact that he had signed a contract stating that he would.Having our own attorney means that I can haul his sorry butt to District Court without having to pay for an attorney.Likewise on the property we just closed on in Quincy.  

Then it sounds like they are a good tenant in spite of their less than stellar credit. 

As I still haven't in spite of living here. 

Here in Kansas City it's actually been really dry (in spite of the winter snows) so a lot of the problems are from the soil drying out and shrinking from the foundation, removing the support from the sides and bottom.

In spite of the medical challenges, my personal financials are stellar.In the short term, I have an eye out for cash flow buy and hold.

Its irrelevant because you haven't paid your loan and in spite of your feelings that you don't owe what you think you owe, you haven't paid!

It's actually to your advantage for several reasons: 1) operating costs are low in Mexico so ultimately you end up paying a low tax rate on the net income as well, 2) the tax rate has been set at a lower level since it applies to the gross income in spite of the fact that the operating costs are low 3) there's no need to file a tax return in Mexico if you have no other reason to do so (check that with the advisor though).The US will tax you on the whole income so they'll calculate their tax on the 200, not the 160.

But they can’t do if forever (in spite of what they seem to believe).