Bonus points if they have investment properties of their own. 

Otherwise it's just listed as a 2 bed with a bonus room.  

And because they are featured on Carrot podcasts, lending them all this exposure and perceived credibility people constantly come to us accusing us of US being the ones that copied them.

If you are looking for properties, and find a good deal, you can sell it, and make a commission, and 2nd bonus is you make investor friends so when its time for you to invest you have partners.

It's good that it's allowing the direct booking sites to gain exposure. 

BONUS *Buyer's agents usually do not cost you a dollar!

Yes, this property has been continuously producing (well I set the distribution 🤣) 8% coc and at the end of the year 2021, after building 6 figure capex reserve purely from the cashflow(we needed cuz the bank capex line of credit was almost gone), still had some left over money, so we distributed it as a year end bonus which brought 2021 coc return to closed to 10%.

The bonus of Mexico is the cheap, short, easy flights.

By limiting your exposure to banks and credit unions, you're leaving significant amounts of money on the table, along with superior terms (IE - 30 year amortization, partial-full term IO, non-recourse structure, etc.)Below are summaries of the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) and Fannie Mae Small Loan multifamily loan programs.

I’m looking at a 20k bonus later this year (which my wife wants us to pay down debt with) but I think I’m going to use that to get started.