Out of state investing is great, however everyone out of state is incentivized to take money from you hence if you are not experienced or know what you are doing, people can easily take advantage of you.

Hey @Matthew Samson, regarding "figuring out the financials" for 0-5 small properties, you can do this easily yourself just using excel or another free method.

Hello allWould like to get some advice from Real Estate Developers...So, we're in Canada and we own several rental properties, and want to expand our portfolio.

We've been honing in on a pretty good development/investment formula that is working for us where we buy an existing single or multi-family house that can be improved or easily split into smaller units, and then we also add small new construction units to the property (townhomes or duplexes or cottages) and, generally, we rent them all out (though we have sold a couple of single family rehabs and we may sell the units in our next big project...

With OOS investing, make sure to work with someone who has your best interests at heart and can easily plug you in with their network of lenders, PMs, and GCs to be able to build your core team.

With the region's expanding infrastructure, business development, and population growth, it is well-positioned for long-term profitability.

The problem is, many of these cities started out by expanding services to make it easier to afford to live there. 

I get easily 3 calls per week from scammers saying I have overdue taxes.... when will it end! 

My best advice is to work with someone who can easily plug you in with their network of GCs, PMs, lenders that have your best interests at heart.

You can easily send the out for e-signatures, which are legal and binding as I understand it but always check that with your attorney.