@Jay Hinrichs which BTW, 6% is high.

Is this normal cost or high?

For almost $100k a lot you want a pretty high NOI to make sense of it, like over $300k IMO I agree.

The quality of your tenant is just as important as the investment you make.  

Real estate agents are not highly regulated in Costa Rica as opposed to North America.  

I've even seen agents that will finance repairs with a lien to maximize sales price for their seller.Who you work with matters and will mean the difference between a quality BRRR that cashflows or a property that doesn't work.I love to talk real estate.

Lots of areas that pencil very well on paper but the quality of renter you will get is going to eat into any profit you may think you are getting.

you can use a DSCR loan if your DTI is too high for conventional. 

Much of the country is at high risk between fires, hurricanes, tornados, tidal waves, earth quakes, rising tides, etc.  

Interesting I thought, that they have that high of a rating.