I definitely think with your age and the money you have, I would look into a vacation type area that has STRs.

Dream vacation?

Guests treat those kinds of bookings differently than a STR vacation home.They are used to being able to cancel the booking 24 hours in advance and all sorts of other things that STRs like ours can't really accommodate.

Regrettably, after eight protracted months, my case was converted to Chapter 7 due to insufficient equity.Ironically, the trustee swiftly secured a buyer for all the properties that were to be sold to STOA/FlipOS—this buyer being Farraway SG, the same entity that acquired the loans held by STOA USA during a time when they were laying off employees and leaving us in a difficult position.STOA never officially filed bankruptcy.

If you are considering a property in a location you vacation to, you could also look at doing a second home loan.

During the month of November, 4 units, pretty much all my problem tenants, picked up in the middle of their lease terms and vacated after failing to pay November rent.

HI Vince, as long as you are vacating your current primary home and moving into a new primary that is acceptable, but just make sure you obtain a 12 month lease in order to use the rental income to offset your mortgage payment and not getting hit twice for your current mortgage and new mortgage.

Not bad... weekend vacation money.But here are some of the things that can disrupt that. 

The first thing I'd recommend is focus on a market where you either 1) currently or have previously lived, 2) have family/friends that live there, or 3) travel to/vacation there frequently.

Could you just stay in a hotel or AirBnB vacation spot in Tulum for yourself and then invest in the US.