The majority is RE agents & associates desperate for business, predatory and awful.

However, if that effort fails, the local agent is equally liable – criminally and civilly – for any fees, fines, etc. associated with the property." 

Aloha @Daniel Kam - most of Kakaako has a 180 day rental minimum, so if you haven't checked with your building association, I recommend you verify what the minimum rental period is for your building.If you are allowed to rent for less than 180 days, you will then need to apply for a GET license, and well as TAT/OTAT and pay the appropriate taxes on a regular basis.  

. - Mobile homes are permitted I've verified with the recorded restrictions and by calling the Property Owners Association. - Current owners have surveys, this is a new subdivision.- Public sewer available.- Current owners purchased many lots and they haven't developed them.

LTRs with long term conventional financing and standard management aren't really cash flowing anywhere right now. sure, there are lower cost markets that look better on paper, but there are costs associated with those supposedly cheap markets as well - deferred maintenance, more challenging tenant base, higher cost turnovers as a percentage of the rent.2. i wouldn't pick a random market thousands of miles away based solely on statistics or numbers. 

It would be less that someone would pay for a brand and the perceived value of that brand and more that they would be paying for the systems, processes, listings, reviews, etc that would be associated with the properties being purchases.

Everyone associated with living there and/or paying for the unit goes on the lease.

If I were you and you need to meet the requirement of working under a Broker, just make sure your agreement with the broker allows you to take all your properties with you once you leave, obtain your brokers license and start your own brokerageI would also start looking at software systems and joining the National Association of Residential Property Managers.

There was a learning curve about investing in Costa Rica and the costs associated with it and financing and everything else.  

Each closing, whether multi-family or single family, is going to have some of the same costs: title insurance, attorney fees, inspection fees, appraisal fees, fees associated with financing, etc.