This is the #1 hurdle for most Americans.

When I call American Family insurance, they gave me a business owners insurance. 

Oh I have 1 more thing to add, american and canadian , mortgages, laws, taxes, purchase prices and alot of other things are different.

I don't have any suggestions for FL lenders, but I have a few foreign national clients and getting an American Express card on the strength of their international bank credit has gone a long way towards making the process easier for them working with US lenders.

I would look at possible lenders like American Heritage Lenders.Hope this helps!

You should be able to get a prelim at any of the big title/escrow houses - Fidelity, Old Republic, First American, etc.   

@Blake Ramsey I am originally from Germany and have often marveled about the pioneering spirit my American friends and a lot of people on BP have.

I hate how "society" nowadays tries to tell women that they NEED to put career first even if they want a family, because it's the exact opposite of the right way to go about it given biological reality.

I listened to an interesting podcast recently - I think it was the Afford Anything podcast - where an American ex pat couple living in Japan are buying in the US because interest rates are negative in Japan and properties actually depreciate.

The overall society at large is better off having more/better housing and even the nation itself becomes wealthier because of investment property.