$10K seems like a nice, round number...Finally, if you have $250K in cash, I would not put it all into a single property / single dealHope this helps... happy to help further

Then buy out my partners on my Costa Rica properties, and just host retreats in Costa Rica, visit my cabins, collect cash flow, and enjoy my wife and kids and travel around visiting friends in my awesome motorhome which I have not purchased yet. great goals.. mine is to buy a nice drift boat and flyfish all over the west and up into BC. trying to figure out do I buy a summer cabin say in Western Montana or Eastern Idado as a home base..

A nice multi family property that you can do some light fixtures on sounds like a perfect strategy for you so you and your wife can have your own unit.

Ryan who I met once when I was in Maui is a super nice fellow..

The pocket thing seems nice as long as you could control who moves in and who does not move in. 

Should the Owner require the Manager to make unscheduled visits to the property(insurance proposes) above and beyond the duties outlined in this Agreement, a fee of $75 +GST will be charged per visit.Thoughts??

My bank directly takes Zelle, so its convenient for my tenant and I to do it that way, plus my bank would get it directly leaving a nice paper trail.

The nice thing is that with investment properties it all comes out in the wash of your due diligence.  

I still have family in CA however so I visit often, and investors can drive to their properties if needed from Northern CA.  

Very nice!!