And no matter what, keep an eye on how your financing structure lines up with your exit strategy.Where do you see the biggest risk.. sinking money into improvements or letting the buy back linger too long?

I would like to buy a multi-family and convert into micro units to maximize revenue.

The beach has taken about a year and the jungle house will take about 4-5 years because we are paying off some seller financing with the revenue from the short term rentals.I would say that I can definitely make more money investing in real estate in the United States than in Costa Rica.

The biggest 'danger' I've experienced in the coaching space was coaches who took the cash and wanted me to follow 'their' program rather than coaching me where I am to get where I wanted to go. 

I like option 2 to diversify the investments in 3 smaller rental propertires, 3/2 around 1500 sqft, in good school districts which will open the biggest pool of tenants. 

In the peak season the math is better.We started charging MTR a bit more for the four biggest holiday weekends of the year. 

There's no $$$$ in teaching you how to implement the action items I shared above which is why the higher revenue generating systems are sold, usually to real estate investors who don't know any better. 

Using different colors was one of the biggest mistakes we ever made in the early days; tracking the colors even with a spreadsheet was a nightmare, as was keeping dozens of different touch up colors in the storehouse. 

I'm light on capital so paying a mentor isn't an option, but happy to split revenue (pay as I learn). 

I’ve used PriceLabs Revenue Estimator in the past with great success.