Is the move abroad sort of a "trail" to see how long you want to stay away?  

For me, operating in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, it's always better not to accept any sort of payments once eviction proceedings have started.

Hostile HOAAnd of course financing.. what if you need off site improvements how are you going to pay those is the local jurisdiction going to help or you have to pay it.. or can you do an improvement district with some sort of bond act.

There will need to be some sort of established history (rental income and operating costs) in order for a lender to calculate the income.  

Although the odds of something bad happening are slim.....stuff does happen.If you could find out who is in charge of this you could at least sign sort of agreement regarding liability....?

Like most people on this site, I opened Zillow and selected the greater Toledo area as soon as I knew we were moving here.

I believe there is a $99 fee to list a property.There is a national shortage of nurses, which will mean increaseddemand for contract or traveling nurses.If we select properties that are also good LTRs, we have a fallbackoption.The following is from furnishedfinder.com.

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It doesn't need to be some robust CRM that can do all sorts of things.

Just trying to sort out the details about how it all works as a Canadian.I am just wondering if anyone can give me a basic overview about what its like as a Canadian investing in US real estate?