This country has started to reward not working as a life style.

So in theory I can have the better lifestyle.

But, the purpose of this (as I write at length on in Set for Life) is to exploit a few key opportunities - namely a house-hack (which you cannot purchase with funds in an IRA, even a self-directed plan), and to fund your lifestyle as you begin looking for work with greater opportunity. 

Thus, real estate owners can benefit from both the gain deferral under section 1031 for real estate exchanges and the enhanced cost recovery deductions of the cost segregation study.

I find it very funny how CR is “lifestyle investment” but to you only Mexico can be an “investment”.

But like I said earlier, there would be a tradeoff with quality of life and our lifestyle.

If those kids are related and you raise heck, you can also have a suit as to family status applied as their life style may well be to keep family there during the day.Learn and live and it may not be as bad as you think after you get past the shock, if neighbors really do complain, like in writing or the cops are called or the fire marshal shows up as to over crowding, they have the right to use the property, don't jump to conclusions about damage due to sticky fingers.

I truly agree with you guys....The increase in pollution is all because of the change in lifestyles and the advancement in technologies.

With your curent steady income, you are used to a certain  life style which you cannot sustain if the steady income stops and you wait on houses to sell to make sporadic income .. 800K in retirement is not good enough if you want to maintain your $200K comobined income lifestyle for a long time.

I'm considering purchasing a property that could be used for events and corporate or lifestyle retreats (yoga, relationship coaching, team building, executive getaways, maybe weddings) so it may be a little off the beaten bath but could also be used as a nightly rental or a monthly rental.