I also agree that funnel is big and wide when foreclosures start, but only few properties end up being sold.

If you wanted to do a 1031 exchange down the road to use that equity and trade up then that'd be a good idea.The homes I’m looking at buying are in the 330,000-350,000 range.

I've even had tenats bring their own range, but usually that's included in the lease as are dishwashers. 

If anything’s not up to code, you’ll need to fix it before they sign off.As for costs, you’ll have permit fees—those can range from a few hundred to a couple of thousand dollars.

English is widely spoken in the Guanacaste region.  

Zillow is the most widely searched real estate website in the world.

The average for the U.S. in the third quarter was a 28.7% return on investment.It’s impossible to know what every flipper in the U.S. spent to remake homes but Attom said the 28.7% return is within a range that could be easily wiped out by renovation expenses, mortgage payments and property taxes.”My large last extensive rehab was a little unit and I spent over $100k and I have done quite a few rehabs (3 last year, so hopefully my cost is competitive with what can be achieved).  

For pure residential, ranging 0.5-2mio USD, I’m seeing something like 5-8% outside of central Tokyo vs 2-5% in central Tokyo. 

And do you have a certain area of Memphis/KY that you're interested in and/or a price range of properties?

What price range are you looking for?