@Raif Jochim I personally like having my primary paid off.

Same as you'd screen anyone else with very close attention paid to which parents you select to guarantee the lease.Are there any specific clauses I should include in a room-by-room lease for a shared living space?

These sellers paid much less than what the going rate it today, likely have no mortgage or low interest rate mortgage and do not need to push rents to market value to cash flow.They get solid returns at their current rental values, have minimal headache with current tenants and they don't need to do major repairs to get their properties sold for a solid value. 

@Dwayne RoweWe did a consolidation loan through a commercial banker (basically a multi-property DSCR loan) where we took out one loan that paid off 5 higher interest rate properties, and took out cash as well at the same time.    

I've owned this house for 2 years.The Costa Rica attorney I've been using says that I need to get another Power of Attorney and is quoting me $600 to do the paperwork for a power of attorney.The price seems steep and I'm not certain when I need a new power of attorney when I paid for one last year.   

I don’t understand how you can have 13 rentals that are paid off and a primary residence that is paid off and still need more cashflow.

In fact, more than two out of three homeowners have either completely paid off their mortgages (shown in green in the chart below) or have at least 50% equity in their homes (shown in blue in the chart below):And that’s a big deal.

We paid (upgraded plan)to get it quicker and we are on day 5 and still no funds.

Renegotiating some utility contracts (garbage and removing some on site office paid internet/phone bills) 5.

I am guessing the beach houses were usually purchased and rented with a goal of “free” family vacations being paid for (along with mortgages) by rental income.