First of all, my personal credit was a very good at 735 midscore. 100% financed tidied it up just a little bit more with  just cleaning up a couple of things on my credit.

They are holding the proceeds from my sale and I am planning to buy a couple of DSTs shortly.

Hell, even Motel 6 has a couple of junk pictures screwed to the wall.

My husband and I purchased our first Costa Rica property last year and were advised by our agent that in almost 6 years of working in that market he had only ever seen 1 American Couple successfully obtain a mortgage in Costa Rica and it was from Scotia Bank. 

A couple only lasted 2-3 years before closing.

For each property listed through a Section 8 website, over 100 requests for application are received within the first couple of hours.

@Camille Romerounless you are able to spend some significant time in your chosen location in person, and work on building a network there, i would pick a market closer to NYC, within a couple hours.  

In the end, it would have made more sense to hire a couple handymen for a week or two than me spending 3 weeks installing flooring, base and case.

If this is consistent and/or the first couple months with them, highly recommend switching PMs.

@Mary Peale - Hi Mary, I have a couple ideas that come to mind.