I mostly look at it as a long term play, but that somewhat depends upon the location in Nicaragua. 

I was also thinking about a real estate course but as per my understanding, I wouldn't be able to be licensed because I'm still not living there, so my plan is to wait a bit more to enroll in a course to make sure I'll have all my documents ready first (apparently after the completion of the course, I will have no more then 6 months to do the exam to get licensed).Sorry for the long post (and maybe some grammar mistake) and thanks in advance to everyone :)Chiara Hi Chiara,Her course does teach you her way of analyzing properties and local trends by zipcode, but what I discovered after meeting local investors is that everyone has their own way of analyzing properties and their own interests in the different neighborhoods.

is there to lend a hand.Build a strong portfolio: My long-term vision is to own multiple mid to large multifamily buildings.

At 6.41% your refinance is not really gonna help you and I would only refinance if you are in it for the long haul due to the costs of refinancing. 

Let him do it, if its not satisfactory at the time of the move out and as long as you have a detailed move in inspection, you can charge him for whatever needs to be done to the yard.

So long as you are a Trustee/Beneficiary of that Trust, you are still on title, so if they try to give you crap about it, it is very easy to prove that.A better way would be to get a non-recourse loan, then QCD to the trust, but the pricing for non-recourse has yet to recover from what I've seen in the lending market so far.I don't have any experience or insight into a JRT... or what the advantage would be over an entity when doing JV...Cheers!

These four tips will help you avoid getting pitched.Help is one thing, but if you've been around the forums long enough, you will see the excessive pitching, most notably on these topics.1.

I have a friend in that business who would be using his own money and charging at his cost.Yes, my goal is to put $835K as my long term down payment and finance the rest so about $630K loan amount.

Two months is too long to find a tenant (normally). 

But even these folks are often peddling real estate with very mediocre long term prospects.