Heat pumps are by far the preferred system for the southern climate.  

Whereas, evaluating WDO, flood area, mold, stucco in a wet climate are things I'm working to improve on.

He is originally from a warm climate and 65 degrees to him is cold. 

The homes I'm interested in are much older than the 1980s/1990s SFH constructions in warm weather climates I'm holding today, and I was hoping to see the repair history to get a comfort level with what I was getting into.Is this an uncommon request, or not?  

@John BowlerHere, code requires that all pools have a safety fence and you won't get insurance coverage without it.While I would never rent a property with a pool - the extra liability and costs are not worth any additional revenue in our climate - I would most certainly install a code-compliant fence around any pool before even considering putting it out for let.

Not sure how it would seem in a climate colder than Honolulu but here it feels great on bare feet. 

It's a shame to have to consider the political climate of a state when making investment decisions, but I guess that's often a big factor in the RE game.  

It would be nice to see some benchmarking data based on the age of the building/climate/size/etc.  

Pools are very highly desired in the hot Sacramento summer climate, and pools in this historic neighborhood are hard to come by and make that much more unique.

Do you feel there is a risk at losing your investment, overnight, due to the political climate in Mexico?