Owning a Vacation Home in Caribbean

So you will recall the gross pool and construction shot...We've since heard that the Texas family who built on the adjacent lot has moved in which hopefully means the construction team cleaned up the little shack and break area as promised... I promise there's an ocean behind there! So with a little photoshop help we cleaned up the view a bit (although I'm pretty sure the living fence and a couple trees may have to stay) we end up with this: Voila!  The ocean...granted not so up-close...but that's what view our little casa has! Much better and with some landscaping we should be able to obscure the house more from our view. Not to mention improve our own with lots of palm tress and flowering scrubs.  I really never aspired to be a gardener, but I love looking at tropical blooms, so I feel inspired! We've also learned that the neighboring family has no pool...which might present an opportunity, if they would like to use our pool in exchange for ma