Personally, I have predicted too many crashes, and hence missed out on the booms when I was wrong.  

Make sure your lease states that the landlord retains the garage (on this shared property) for his own personal use, comes and goes as he pleases.

Don't be the person that you can see taking a cell phone photo in the bathroom mirror :) Most importantly, reply quickly when people reach out with interest.

Renters insurance price will vary depending on the value of the renters' personal possessions (furniture, clothing, artwork, jewlry, etc... whatever the renter chooses to have the policy cover) in the rental  the liability amount will be added to that base. 

A quick Internet search of "Costa Rica Mortgage Loans" turned up a couple of brokers and private equity offerings.You could also try to get the seller to finance part of the purchase price.Or borrow it from your 401K, if you have one.Depending on your credit score, it might also be worth looking at rates from a local credit union, bank, or even Prosper or Lending Club for a personal loan rather than a real-estate secured loan.

I suspect you have already learned your lesson about removing contingencies but I will state this anyways.  

Caulk this one up to a lesson learned. 

Hopefully you will learn from this to have a move in checklist, but its absence is not critical.

Profitable airbnb Lessons learned?

Any thoughts on more creative financing other than taking money out of my personal house?