@Steve K.I was talking about facts and figures and you bring some interesting qualitative information to top it off.While I didn't know much about the crime situation in Costa Rica (I haven't invested there), that country had fallen from its pedestal and carefully manicured image with me a few years back, when I was an international banker covering Latin American banks among other clients.After lending very large amounts of money to Mexican banks courtesy of their coveted investment grade credit ratings, I got surprised when the credit people gave me a hard time approving a small loan for a Costa Rican bank.

Located “West of the Trail” in the coveted Oyster Bay area, this beautiful 4-bedroom family home, has 3 full baths and 2 bonus rooms.

Multiple-market knowledge is highly coveted around here, I'll tell you that much.I'm in the central Indy area myself - looking forward to your insight and hearing about what deals end up on your plate this year!

Arlington county has pretty decent accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations, and Fairfax county also recently eased restrictions (still stricter than arlington), so you may have some success there too. 

When tourism picks back up get an accessory permit and STR the other side.

Why would you book a stay in the place if you see in the pictures it has an old kitchen, missing necessary appliances, accessories, etc?

We all need to live some place, so you might as well start building equity, and reducing your housing cost to start.Some strategies to househack include....1) Multifamily 2) Rent by the Room3) ADU - Accessory Dwelling Unit.Each of these 3 strategies will have prime and non-prime locations in the metro area.

You can also build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that's completely separate from the main single family home, but the permitting process in Arlington is a hot mess- my neighbor a couple houses down had his ADU permit take 13 months...so up to you on what's worth your time.

(Accessory Dwelling Units).

The property is zoned R-6 and in the Citizens Guide to Residential Zoning Districts & Regulations on the Richmond City website R-6 properties allow for "One dwelling unit located in an accessory building, containing two or more stories (lawfully existing prior to the date of this section), with conditions" ... which to your point sounds like accessory units are only "grandfathered in" .. still I will reach out to the planning department for more information.