You can also provide sweat equity to a deal, in exchange for equity.

The contract states “listing broker compensation shall be paid if property is sold, exchanged, conveyed within 30 days after the expiration of the listing agreement or termination of this agreement etc etc etc etc”- our listing agreement was set to expire on November 30, 2024 but we terminated it early- does this mean he will be owed commission if one of the buyers ends up buying my house on say January 1?

Quick cash on a flip is going to 1. give you more cash to play with vs HELOC interest rates 2. give you an opportunity to 1031 exchange into your next investment. 

Quote from @Carlos Ptriawan: You could exchange one Cupertino 4BR house to one 44 floor skyscraper now LOL Maybe we should just bid this property.  

Purchase preforming notes capped at half your total deployable capital (150K)Then sale the future revenue of those notes through note exchanges, doing this will allow you to hedge the US real estate volatility while turning a profit from the market  

I think the Golden Visa program just had some major changes and foreigners are no longer able to apply through a real estate investment.

You might explore partnerships where you fund all-cash deals in exchange for a portion of the profit.

You can't compete against the all-inclusives unless you offer complimentary food and booze or you're cheap, as you seem to be confirming.This being said:1) Properties in Mexico/Cancun trade in USD so you have no foreign exchange risk in Mexico while properties in Colombia are traded in COP, the Colombian peso, which has been tanking over the years, eliminating any hope for capital gains for American investors.2) You can get a mortgage in Mexico but you can't in Colombia so even with lower revenue, Cancun would likely still be more profitable, even if you don't take capital gains into account.3) The political risk is much higher in Colombia, especially at this present time.Is Cartagena a bad investment?

The most benefit for Real Estate in the US now would be smart contracts to exchange Title,Notes, Funds (stable coins) since the transaction time is super fast compare to our bank system today.

Do they have the necessary resources to stay on top of all the tax issues such as 1031 exchanges, 754 Step-Ups, etc.Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions here.A couple articles you can read that will be helpful:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1206189-cost-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1204912-how-t...