I got a decent quote from American Modern, which is affiliated with State Farm.  

We eventually went with American Modern in Cincinnati and they’ve been great.

When you draw docs up of your own eventually, you want to be mindful of Fair Housing, Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Human Rights Commission.  

A fideicomiso is not compatible with American Cultural concepts of property which turns people off - they discussed this in a recent BP Podcast: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Costa Rica is not expensive by US and Canadian standards even areas that are well developed and as we've discussed on other threads this is primarily because american style bank loans are essentially impossible.

We work mostly with Italians, but we have clients from Australia, Germany, the UK and obviously Americans. 

But this is also a neighborhood rich in African-American history, having been the first neighborhood in Atlanta, where black people were allowed to own.

I can highly recommend the American Standard Beale toucheless faucet, for instance.

As a general question, in 2018, why would anyone (who expects to interact normally with society) keep accumulating their spare $30k+ under their mattress?

Here are the few that say they do aggregate or blanket type mortgages.Dayton CapitalColony American bundles 5+ConventusCorevestFOAC bundles 7+Rental Home Financing will bundle 1 to 1000 propertiesVisio 3 to 7 in a bundle

The average American is in a house 7-10 years, then either sells or refinances.