your math, as presented, is a bit off. if you sum up all those expenses, you should be at $682/mo + $399 in pmt = $119/mo cash-flow. still bad, but not as bad as before. also, 1.49% c-o-c translates to $50k down, if we go by your $63/mo cash-flow annualized.

Put another way, that translates to about four additional dollars per watt of solar power.    

That translates into more and more people moving to the area looking for housing of all sorts.

Bilingual realtor: Make sure your agent speaks really good Spanish, remember that you are in Mexico and all the agreements and important paperwork you will sign are in Spanish, some are translated however it's important to keep in mind that the Spanish version will prevail.

From a recent AI study: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.08807v1.pdf"Researchers predict AI will outperform humans in many activities in the next ten years, such as translating languages (by 2024), writing high-school essays (by 2026), driving a truck (by 2027), working in retail (by 2031), writing a bestselling book (by 2049), and working as a surgeon (by 2053).

I'm in the free trial now in QuickBooks and I don't like that the language and terms don't translate to real estate well.

Smart money could translate to mean big money too.

That translated to the lowest number of sales over a 12-month period in five years, as investors appeared to dial back purchasing activity.

So, let's say you can add/convert to an ADU for around $150k, that translates to around $630/mth additional loan pmt ($150k @ 3%), which would net you around $1,070 ($1,700-$630) in rent from the ADU, not taking into account additional property tax assessment or insurance.Actually, I just noticed that previous $3,600/mth craftsman rental is the same property as the guest house ($1,700/mth) rental.

I am positive I can read the legalese and translate.