You purchased your property in 2017 with an expected rent amount of $1,549 on the original property evaluation. 

A 1%- and 2%- rule property is hugely better in California compared to Costa Rica because you can leverage in California and you can't in Costa Rica (notwithstanding the fact the risk is higher in Costa Rica too so you'd actually expect a higher return there).

I have done this and then we lost half of our W2 income, then a big HVAC repair, then the ELOC rate drifted up from 4% to 10%, then a storm forced a roof repair sooner than expected.

My advice is that it is going to take longer than you think and be harder than you expect.

@Paola AstridRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Yup and its a joke when you have these proclamations from those running for pres that they are going to magically accelerate construction.. they can do it if they want to pay 100% of it.. but if they expect the private sector that has to work through local zoning etc.. that aint happening and you cant force people to sell the land cheaper than they think its worth or can get on the open market just because we need starter housing.

This deal taught me the true meaning of “expect the unexpected” in real estate!

She responds back claiming that I am unnecessarily using ger occupation in the argument and am now starting to harass her.Her response message was all over the place and extremely unprofessional (I mean, I didn't expect any better).

So you can expect a discount to get to that point..

You STRs tend to be a little higher end and guests have higher expectations.