Get out of your comfort zone.

You don’t have a large enough portfolio of houses for a lender to feel comfortable without a personal guarantee. 

You can really pick where you want to be on the "comfortability to profitability" scale here where I felt like those options in most markets were limited. 3) it's a great place to live all-around.

Trade some comfort for financial stability.Part of attaining financial success is being simultaneously optimistic and paranoid. 

Be sure you are comfortable with the math and know exactly how much you should be getting depending on how the property performs at different levels.  

Achieving a 15% yearly ROI in Tulum’s real estate market is exceptionally rare.When clients approach me wanting to invest in Tulum solely for high returns, I advise them to reconsider—unless they’re comfortable with a more realistic 5% return.

It really depends on the investor, their comfort level and goals. 

Get out of your comfort zone.

I don't think it is a bad idea to find work in real estate somehow as it will allow you to be comfortable with being around it in general, such as a property management company.

The owners became friends with the tenants and do not feel comfortable raising rents on their friends.