Definitely a very humid environment, especially near the coast, so expect to deal with all of the issues that come with high humidity - termites, bugs, mold/mildew, wood rot, etc.

When the money dries up, they'll abandon your property and leave you with a bill.If your property is capable of producing a greater return as a corporate rental or short-term rental, I recommend you educate yourself on how to do that and then do it yourself.

You might have an expectation of 30-90 DOM to sell a property in the US meanwhile you are realistically looking at 6-18+ months in DR.  I

You are so right that property management will suck you dry!  

I am looking for my next real estate investments.I have been doing fix-n-flips for the past 5 years or so, but that market seems to have dried up.

I have experience with dry way and paint as well as kitchen remodeling which seemed to be the priciest when talking to the contractor.That being said, would the Arv be affected due to minimizing labor and material cost?

Dry wall finishes with the right paint to hold up with the humidify of a bathroom 

There are tons of properties just sitting and rotting in downtown charleston because of this issue.

Lots of syndicators raise all sorts of capital from Docs just to push all the risk onto them and leave them high and dry.

I don't have funds for the roof, or to replace the outside supporting wall frame and stucco.However the bank has changed the locks on me multiple times to "protect their asset", which got me wondering, would they also put a new roof on it and repair the rot to protect their asset?