Starting to research Uruguay to invest and as a 3rd country to live in.   Would appreciate your input, contacts or recommended podcasts to follow.1.  Will bring cash to the table.   But would still like to hear about ...

Security Deposit: 2600Lease states no smoking/painting walls/no hanging things on wallsTenants have moved out and have left two truck loads of garbage to be removed.Damaged doorPainted walls which got on the ceiling and trim Lots of holes on the walls throughout the houseDamage from windows being left open constantly Weed was clearly smoked in the house (smell throughout the place) so we need to deep cleanWater bill wasn't paid so I had to turn back on utilityMissing keyQuoted costs:$450 junk removal (some furniture)$935 for damaged doors/windows, painting cleaning$30 for utility turn onTenants were only there for a year before moving out so a lot of this is beyond normal wear and tear. 

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You’ve taken the first deep dive into investing—great job!

In fact I had one done that size over the summer from some real slobs who moved out, and it required an inordinate amount of deep cleaning including almost one full day just on the filth of the kitchen floors, and it was $400. 

You do not actually need to go that deep to repair this problem.

deep clean, moisture barrier in crawl space, maintenance to HVAC What was the outcome?

So really need to do some deep market research, haha, but not so willing to pay for this, at least not at this stage when I'm just starting out.

If you're a good student and can get into a good college without going very deep into debt, I believe you should go.

I am considering getting into this space (looking at some courses), but worried that its too late, and that deep local market knowledge/understanding of buyers/connection with developers etc is required to make this work, which only incumbent/long term investors will have and would be hard for a new entrant starting from scratch to catch-up...is my hypothesis valid in your opinion ?