There are always opportunities in every market, you just have to put in the time and effort and you can find that perfect investment that matches your goals.

@Jeff Kehl this makes perfect sense since the units still are worth something even if they are vacant.

In addition, the US dollars is still trading at $1 to 19 pesos, this makes Mexico a very attractive pick for many investors.Crypto currencies:  For the first time in my travel, I begin to see that crypto currencies were getting more popular.  

@Michael Badin broke it down to the perfectly.  

This actually worked out perfect for me as I was trying to create some capital by flipping the asset so I could buy another multi-family property.

You being on island would be a perfect setup to self manage.

Interest only payments at the moment suck but will have it refinanced out asap after I file taxes*Cost on a per month basisInvestors: 1832Vacancy/Capex/Maintenance (I self manage): 1000PITI: 2450Utilities: 475Now this wasn't a perfect deal. again I was 25k over the budget and 6 weeks behind schedule after all was done.  

I wanted to make sure I had everything lined up perfectly.

You sound like a perfect candidate!

While living/working in the house I will be working on it/upgrading it to gain equity and hopefully the house will appreciate (in the Portland OR metro area it should).In order to find the perfect house with seller-financing available, I'm studying hard so that I can pretty much mimic what investors do with these kind of properties by sending out mailers/yellow letters to get a bunch of calls/responses and find the perfect location in the Portland metro area.