However I want to provide my partner and family a certain lifestyle and build for the future with real estate. 

My husband and I started our journey last year with a house hack and 2 long-term rentals (after an exhaustive review of all options), there’s a lot to consider and ultimately need to ladder up to your short and long term goals, as well as your lifestyle (esp with kiddos). 

You can easily learn to do this if you listen to podcasts, build a solid team, and you really do have to religiously do your searches for properties every day or at night after work.

I'm sure that, as @Bruno Demarco Quiroz mentioned, you'll be the first to agree that getting a double-digit return today or in the future will likely be the exception rather than the rule, at least until the municipality stops giving building permits to anyone and their mother like and decide to reign in supply like they've done in other parts of Mexico like Cabo for example.Not long ago, I met with a real estate agent on the ground who mentioned that, given the changing market, Tulum had become a lifestyle market rather than an investment market.

The city's diverse neighborhoods cater to various budgets and lifestyles, enhancing its appeal to a broad tenant base.

I prefer a well manicured Green properties as we attract long term Tenants with well maintained landscaping in California people who consider lifestyle will pay higher rents.. 

Look for properties that offer good rental potential and fit your lifestyle. 

If your goal is to become financially free and ultimately leave your W2, the $850k home and the accompanying lifestyle is going to be your biggest obstacle.

I took me 10 years to build up the consistent cashflow that I needed to live the lifestyle I wanted and quit my day job as an engineer.

However, financial freedom is not simply replacing your current income; it requires maintaining your current lifestyle for life.