Foreclosure in Canada is almost evenly divided between provinces which operate under Judicial Sale (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Québec and Saskatchewan) and Power of Sale (New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario and Prince Edward Island).Under Power of Sale, the lender is permitted to sell the property without involvement of the court and often without actually taking ownership of the property.   

Is this the case for all states or provinces? 

Offers were signed via docusign, final documents at closing, I had to get a lawyer locally to go through the documents and witness my signature and in the area where the property was located (different province). 

However when looking into out of province houses or scaling I feel a PM would be necessary.

It is the second largest city in the province of British Columbia, second only to Vancouver.

It seems like a small way of restoring some of the power balance of my province's shameful rental laws.     

Canadian flag links would obviously be annoying for anyone outside of Canada, so perhaps this can be a profile option to show or not show links to additional information specific to your country/state/province.  

@Joel Schaefer don't think its been mentioned but I would get clear on the laws in your State or Province. 

,So, I take it that that your province's Residential Tenancies Act does not allow lessor's due diligence as "allowed fees"?

Although, I did find myself lucky since my place of living is a great real estate market for investing, so I never really needed to invest out of my province/state.