If the project is in Canada then I would look to an attorney that understands international law as it could be more complex.Personally for something along the lines of what you are doing I would look to partner with another developer vs trying to raise the capital as that will be less labor intensive.

H there, I'm a certified international property specialist and while i don't personally specialize n Costa Rica,  have several colleagues who do.  

I suspect this is mostly campaign rhetoric that was popular with the current anti immigrant xenophobia that grew out of the pandemic both here and internationally and won the election, but the governments ability to achieve any real change in the population of illegals in this country would be very out of character.   

I have a feeling it was an internal "ball drop" that turned out to be very unacceptable.

Based out of Manassas, VA here :) The 750-hour rule is part of the IRS guidelines for qualifying as a real estate professional under Section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Myself I used my own internal funds to prove my model.

Neither VRBO nor Airbnb are vetting guests, either.The best you can do is have some internal controls, such as minimum number of nights.

I care most about the Internal Rate of Return (helps me determine how long to hold a property), the cash on cash return (helps me decide why this investment vs other options, and it also takes into consideration appreciation of the property!)

(we charge the same Processing Fee as depositing to our bank)4) Pay online using their tenant portal (we absorb the small fee, to encourage this behavior as the internal resources saved more than cover that fee)We understand we have scales of efficiency a DIY landlord won't.

Over time I internalized Dave’s words and made them my own; taking on nearly all the fund investor calls, building and managing the Investor Relations team and overseeing the process of raising over $80MM together.