Anyone who buys rental properties has to pay a property tax each year.This essentially means that investors help fund the government by creating opportunities for new tax payments.

And I'd love to have to travel to Lisbon or Buenos Aires at the cost of (in my case) the Canadian taxpayer rather than having to travel to Suburbanville in the middle of nowhere in Canada or the US.As mentioned by @Anthony Bellesbach, it'd be easier for you to start investing in the US, especially if you're a newbie.

Congress may have to cut out a chuck of the corporate welfare, foreign aide, and give a little more to taxpayers/citizens. 

Below $500k, it has no effect.I found another example from a different website: http://www.floresattorneys.com...RIA illustration 2: Jack Able, a single taxpayer, bought a home on Jan. 1, 2009, for $400,000, and uses it as rental property for two years claiming $20,000 of depreciation deductions (thereby reducing his basis in the home to $380,000).

Since you are new to this, I would also be cognizant that most brokers will use the historic tax payments in their NOI, but most municipalities will reassess to your purchase price almost immediately, so make sure you are building the NOI back with what you will be paying.  

@Michael MaartensDo you have an ITIN(individual taxpayer identification number)?

I've got a question about it:North Carolina for example, is one region I was just searching through delinquent tax payments.  

These investments benefit not only the taxpayers making the like-kind exchanges, but also GENERATE JOBS and taxable revenue for unrelated businesses upstream and downstream from the exchange transaction, such as real estate brokers, title and property insurers, escrow / settlement agents, lenders, appraisers, surveyors, attorneys, inspectors, contractors, building supply vendors and more...Eliminating or limiting like-kind exchanges in the best of times would have a negative economic impact, increasing the cost of capital, slowing the rate of investment, increasing asset holding periods, and reducing real estate transactional activity.

Three separate categories when determining their tax treatment of residential rented property :Note: A taxpayer's dwelling used for personal purposes for more than 14 days during the year, or more than 10% of the number of rental days if greater, is considered to be a residence.a.

Mail and hope letter gets forwarded to tax payer?