following up to make the information complete. a little more research shows: "Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin are community property states."

In particular, I want to invest near the US/Canada and the US/Mexico borders.

Also, I personally like Mexico 10 times more than Hawaii.

Mountain America Credit Union in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico. 85% LTV, promo rate of 1.99%.

In My humble opinion you invest in Mexico at your own peril.

@Suraj Nagrani You need to be exceedingly cautious and aware that McAllen is directly across the border from Matamoros, Mexico.  

We just sold two great 3bed 1bath Section 8 frames at $1000 section 8 rent and $970 section 8 rent for $43K & $41K to our New Mexico client Trevor as well as just sold two beautiful section 8 bricks to a Michigan management company for $47K a piece.

You could control the product, processing and distribution.”Then he added, “Of course, you would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City where you would run your growing enterprise.”The Mexican fisherman asked, “But señor, how long will this all take?”

There are lots of posts about calculating reserves, in your area I expect reserves for capital expenses to be higher than somewhere like West Texas or Southern New Mexico because of humidity, snow etc.

Do you know the only City in the whole Gulf of Mexico that has never been wiped out by a Hurricane?