Usually, the "materials, colors and fixtures" that are "in-vogue" will also be mass produced (which also means "cheaper") and sold at your local Home Depot and Lowes. 

Properties that don’t produce an ROI that’s consistent, or are non income producing, can vary significantly.  

If your prediction is correct, a 12 month wait may produce much fruit. 

Every time slot during the day has a purpose... even if that is just free time, social time, family time etc.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Smoking is considered cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs, water pipes, vapes, e-cigarettes, and any other like instrument that produces smoke or vapor, regardless of whether tobacco or other consumables are used.

I had planned to have the paper notarized at the Chiang Mai Consulate but they only do notarizing 2 days a week and the slots filled up quickly.

A $1M ARV would have to produce a minimum $100k to $120k.

In my shoes I would want the stability of the cash flow and look to leverage as a long term rental through a PM.Some folks want to cash out and reinvest the new found equity in a higher producing asset. 

You need to understand how to evaluate a property and the kind of return it will produce, then evaluate properties until you find one that works.2.