I think there are still great opportunities in Tulum, @Matthew Swearingen.

I think it’s so funny I have an online stalker 😂😂

Congrats on your success and excited to see that you are back looking for the next opportunity!

Opportunity to own the home next door to my parents with favorable terms from the seller How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I would say that opportunity was not available to the average small time investor. 

I moved from NY to OH because of the market and the opportunities it presented. 

I began investing in the US real estate market as an international buyer in Florida, seizing opportunities with foreclosures back in 2008.

I'm finding that the more specific your niche is, the better....and telling people I'm a real estate agent and investor has opened many other opportunities!

Looks I have to report net income on SE Line 24 ($2k), but on Line 25, I cannot claim losses due to higher income (>$150K).

There’s numbers on a piece of paper that put seller financing in a great light.And then there’s the reality of seller financing being a bet on the buyer managing and maintaining a property well for years or decades while you still have skin in the game.And a bet that the value doesn’t decline by more than the balance of the debt.And a bet that the higher “price” received because of seller financing doesn’t come with opportunity cost in the form of being able to spend or invest the liquidity day 1.And the fact that buyers with seller financing always want better terms than a bank would give them, which is real economics that sellers are far less equipped than banks to estimate risk/reward on.Seller financing is relatively rare.