I own a bunch of STRs here in the Jacksonville FL areaCall Diana Cazeau from American Integrity Insurance386-216-3268Tell her I sent you.Let me know if you need anything else.Take care,Glen

It's that simple, about 35million Americans die tomorrow and "pow" you have eased your housing price pressure. or (b) find a way to slash 10% out of the cost of New Housing units.

I have lived all over the world but my favorite as a adult was :  My Victorian Hobby farm in NY along the shores of Lake Onterio, for 14 yrs I lived happily where i raised one obnoxious precious teenage girl who is no longer with us and 3 horses, chickens, peacocks, ducks, dogs and cats. 

It's challenging, since as you point out, we don't typically have the customary paperwork/processes for the local market (in my case, I was American renting in Japan). 

Yet, out of my experience and knowledge investing in Latin American countries, I'd be careful not to suggest that it's the Wild West, a free for all and that most professionals are crooks there and that investing there is scary (which I know isn't exactly what you wrote).

I was hesitant, in my mind I wanted the American dream.  

Plenty of Americans have been buying in Mexico using a HELOC on a US property.

Our adult children live in our market and thus we can use them--well, the ones who are the most reliable--to trouble-shoot issues that may come up.

Though the one year I rented as an adult (when I moved back to Los Angeles) our landlord told us fridges are dirty and we would have to bring our own. 

I usually get mine for clients as closing gifts through American Home Shield.