If you're sure the land will appreciate on it's own, I don't see any harm in going for it, unless of course your money can perform better elsewhere, which it probably can.

If I ever brought any of them a deal by.a rookie investor in a market they do not know, with work performed by a GC that has 0 relationship with the investor, they would laugh at me.PML is not just Potsy from Happy Days. 

From talking to locals, there's a couple of issues than need to be addressed, some are the non-ecological practices that some of those developers have, unfortunately, our government profits from this investors and allows them to destroy manglers (which are the natural water purifying system of that area) dismantling hectares of mangroves and degraded the habitat of resident and migratory species burying animals alive.There's proof of fecal material floating beneath the city of Tulum, only 20% of the water is sent to the water treatment plant, there's no infrastructure for the exponential growth.The landfills in the middle of the jungle that is leaking hazardous pollutants into the freshwater system and that something that developers won't tell you.I love my country and it would be a disaster for everybody if this place ends up like some other great beaches around the world, that are completely ruined by greedy investors not following the rules.There's no urban or comprehensive master plan, and one of the risks is that Tulum will be like Playa del Carmen is today, overgrown and with environmental devastation.I will advise doing a lot of research before getting something in Tulum, different country, different rules, and practices.

What we have is a good spreadsheet with a list of tasks, and as they perform the tasks, I've been paying him via Zelle. 

Robert Lane, best real estate agent so far I Know Keep or sell comes down to performance of the investment.

You also need to make sure this lender is able to perform on their promise. 

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

Past performance doesn't guarantee the same future performance. 

I have also looked at hawaii.It seems like sought destinations are projecting (at least with my underwriting) poor COC without performing value adds.  

We also work with investors in the different markets we operate in to perform tenant placement where we work with ALE Solutions, other relocation companies, medical agencies, etc. to offer properties as a part of our inventory.