Now, different properties meet different peoples needs best; some want lowest price, some want closest proximately to work, some want largest accommodations, everyone has different evaluation to arrive at what will work and what rental they’re willing to pay.

The closest town is Midland approximately 20 miles away.  

I fully agree it is our duty to at least help our respective closest people.

The closest/safest option to what you’re thinking would be an option.Take an option payment.

You want to talk to tons of people at that level(sum of the 5 closest people saying).

It seems most of the investors in my area are out of town/state and the closest REIA is well over an hour from me.

I've been a member since 2003 and met some of my closest friends and partners in the group.

Edna~ I know you are looking to invest in cities closest to the Canadian border, however, I would encourage you to cast a wider net as you can find some excellent cash-flowing properties throughout the SE USA. 

I wouldn't likely/necessarily be mailing a lot of letters for example.But mainly, I would pay for a service that offered me the closest thing to an instant/on demand "preliminary title report" , that is something that greatly "simplified" initial research, preliminary only of course- based on apn.

About closest one can compare to the U.S.'