Anybody who habItually doesn’t respect authority is going to not respect their landlord .. any woman who would have such poor discernment to live and have a relationship with a criminal with such history surely is no better than him !

Being respectful, your thinking reminds me of investor thinking in 2007 when the markets were topping.

In another note, he said that Jerry Cohen and his nephew Scott Cohen were convicted of a major rental fraud scheme in Philadelphia in 1999.If you look at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds website, EquityBuild is the Grantor/Grantee on 190/160 properties respectively in the Chicagoland area.

And full disclosure you couldn't pay me to stay in a condo but that's personal preference and I completely understand your views are not the same and can respect that. 

This situation could be similar to that except going back to an old work environment, I know what I’m getting into, I know the people, and I’m proven/known/well respected there.

With respect to purchasing property through your Canadian corporation certainly you can do so, but any income earned by the US property would be subject to US branch profits tax in addition to the FIRPTA requirements Chad mentioned previously.

While the definition of what constitutes a disqualified person is detailed and complex ( See IRC Sec.4975(e0(2)), the IRA participant will always be considered a disqualified person with respect to investing the IRA in real estate for personal use (whether for partial or full use).The proposed transaction would specifically violate the following prohibited transaction rule. transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a disqualified person of the income or assets of an IRA;https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-particip...

Do they respect your properties the way they did 20, 30, even 40 years ago or have they changed for better or worse?

I guess it all depends on the type of renter relationship you have, but  if you start the "it's your problem, not mine" attitude, it's a slippery slope of the tenant losing respect for you, and the "IDGAF" attitude which could cost you a lot more in deferred maintenance.    

I have many offers on the property @ $1600 and $1500 respectively that i'm sifting through.assuming they don't all fall through i'm in effectively for no money out of pocket and $3100 in cashflow - the mortgage which should be in the 2k range after the refinance.