If your new to REI we encourage investors to study the strategy.

. - Finding a Good Team: Since there is a language barrier in place it was much harder to communicate with any cleaning companies/property managers we found. 

It’ll be helpful for you to study up on expense vs capital expenditures, and then read up on safe harbor allowances.

In any case, you can always check the numbers by doing a market study if you haven't done so already.To conclude, Mexico is a great place to invest but it's important to buy the right property at the right place at the right time and to have a plan in place for the financing, if needed.

All that being said, beggars can't be choosers, and when you're going after your first property it's more important to get your foot in the door and learn the business than it is to make a killing on your first unit - i.e. if you have to make a slim margin to get a great case study, that's better than trying to charge 30% for something you've never done before and spending a year trying to convince someone to roll the dice on you.

Without boring you with methodology, the result of an in depth study, leads me to believe that this is how gentrification starts.

Sloppy language by me.

But once I studied them more I learned that the returns can often be more predictable and strong than many other investments.

A recent study from Rentcafe found that Milwaukee is the third most competitive market for renters in the US, ahead of NY.

I'm new to Bigger Pockets and have been immersing myself in the podcast and studying various aspects of real estate investing—from market analysis to financing—for the past two months.