Especially if you lack the skills or time to do value-add deals or find better priced off market deals.I think so many people discount the *psychological effect* of financial independence.

What you get when you let a tenant paint is roller-marks of the wall color on the ceiling, drips and runs, patchy covering, spilled paint, silly accent walls/ too many colors, uneven lines on edges and in corners, splatters, blistering, bubbling, peeling, the wrong sheen, visible brush marks and roller strokes, trim painted the same color as the walls, electrical outlets and switches and even light fixtures, vents, cold air returns, fart fans etc. all painted when they shouldn’t be, not enough coats where paint actually should be, and terrible color choices (almost always too dark or too weird).

No wonder that, as mentioned in the attached article, pretty much everything is described with rose-colored glasses and there is a lack of anything negative.As far as I know, they haven't promoted a development in the Dominican Republic, in spite of the fact that it can be a great place to retire and invest. 

Has anybody had a situation like this before or able to provide more color on best approach / details?

I throw in pops of color with other accessories.  

There's got to be a bit of the psychology of winning the bidding war going on here.

Particularly if the handyman is a person of color.

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People are experience real pain but I think psychology is really what's driving the doom narrative. 

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