I'm another Mansfield person and I'm always looking to connect with other locals.

@Nathan Gesner Thanks Nathan, you are always so helpful when I post a question on here so I wanted to come back and personally thank you and post pictures of the issue being fixed.  

You would then periodically pull the ap up and "swipe left of swipe right" for business or personal trips.

You'd do better just driving a neighborhood (a lot) to get the feel.

I own 5 cabins and I have never had any issues with them personally, going back many years.

In my past professional life I worked as an attorney for a hotel development company that owned over 1B in assets yet as a company we  did not feel the need to utilize entity structures nearly as complexed or  convoluted as what you arranged. 

@Alex GarridoInvesting in Panama City would work out for short term rentals because you could pay for the holding costs and maybe profit nicely while hopefully the value of your property increases over the long term.Unfortunately, it’s illegal to rent for less than 45 days and personally I’d never suggest anybody gets into an illegal business overseas.I’ve come across a couple rare buildings in Costa del Este who have a permit but, as you could expect, it’s reflected in the price.

I wrote a Blog on this very subject.You will eventually learn enough to be of help to yourself, just keep doing it and record the prices so you can start to get a feel for SF costs.One thing I can offer is this website,I have checked them out and they are fairly accurate , you enter your zipcode, I just hate for people to be off by even $10k, that could be your profit on some projects, right?

1) Specifically looking at the midwest, I personally am doing a lot of business in Ohio. 

Check the in person events and meetups in your local area, our online community is full of knowledge and folks willing to share and still nothing replaces the opportunity to interact IRL, you never know who you will meet and where that can take you on your REI journey.