Alternatives include the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy and flipping.

After that, you know the process and can actually make it worth your while to pursue collectable tenants for the money they owe you.The alternate option with the PM is to first threaten them with reporting to the Real Estate Commission and then if they don't play ball actually report them to the commission.

Go build your own MLS alternative.

Alternatively, you could reimburse the account shortage now and ask for an escrow re-analysis based on the new tax/insurance annual payments.Check your closing disclosure from when you purchased.

This approach involves work and risk 3) alternate rent models such as STR, MTR, rent by bedroom.  

You upgrading the property, thus increasing the value which in turn could push out the current tenants, contributes to the vitality of that free market, a market that gives the tenants alternative options. 

I wanted to reach out and ask what other alternatives to Stessa are out there.

any simple alternate solutions you can think of?

Obviously, this is not a financing specifically for the overseas property and the borrower could use the money to do anything they want.If you want to use leverage in Mexico, the alternatives to local bank financing are developer financing for pre-construction properties (which is rarely given if you don't have the necessary personal relationships) or seller financing.

Alternatively, you transfer the $1,000 rent to mgt company which records it as revenue, just like you would.