Did you give her an application to complete and then declined it?

My younger self would be driving Amazon by day at $25/hour and taking online accelerated courses for business administration BA and MBA, and get certifications in project management like SAFe Advanced Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner. 

@Jeff Cua I've read a few and my far and away favorite is Nolo's book on taxes: https://store.nolo.com/product...It's a bit like a textbook but it's comprehensive and loaded with great, up-to-date information (and the tax law is in flux so up-to-date really matters)

Final product was a fully-renovated home ready for a first-time buyer in a great neighborhood!

We simply redirect their attention to a better product and value for their $Sales 101

I can’t speak for your area, but rent stabilized product is going for 150-300 basis points higher than free market regarding cap rates around this area. 

Being new to all this the financing side and all the different "products" are very confusing

Honestly, if the zoning "by right" scenario only allows for certain types of home to be built on that residential property I would underwrite for that scenario first and make sure you have a viable project and 'Plan B", because going for a tiny home community without a plan B has a very high risk, and with 5 acres... you can find yourself upside down pretty quickly once you start adding all the soft cost / hard cost to your underwriting.I would recommend talking to the planning department, ask them if any projects like the one you're thinking about has come across their tables, and how open planning and city council would be for such a product. 

Although, I was putting in a lot of work I feel like I can be more productive if I cut off the time I spend CONSUMING social media.

As I mentioned above, financing in Mexico for foreigners is much more complicated than in the US and you have to be careful because some mortgage products are purposefully packaged in a way that they look very cheap to the unsuspecting buyer when in reality they're extremely expensive.