Guayaquil is expanding and it is consider the economic capital of Ecuador.

I would say stock investing is probably 10x harder to learn and there is much more emotional capital that needs to be used than RE.

Has anybody placed/raised capital for a deal that has already closed but the owners are looking to pull their capital out after the fact?

You can sell and not have to pay any capital gains taxes. 

If Hard money covers 85% of the purchase/rehab, after 3-4 homes I have over 100k of my own capital tied up in these deals waiting for one to close.

I'm not saying there isnt opportunities, but having bad credit and about no capital makes it pretty difficult out here, barring the Wholesaling side.

I would suggest figuring out how much capital, risk, and time you want to put into a property.

@Mark Franks I bought a REO with my VA loan, cash out refinanced and used the new capital for down payments on the next two places.

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Here's how my priorities lie:1) positive cash flow2) pull out as much invested capital upon refinance3) long term appreciationI'm an out of town investor deciding between a couple different cities and San Antonio is the front runner right now; However, I read a post about another out of town investor having a hard time finding a contractor that would quote him a fair price which is a major concern for me.