Lending criteria is the same everywhere within the province with a few small caveats.I specialize in helping investors structure their portfolio to continue buying more property.

I think you may need pro to advertise on market place.. and I have sold a few of my OREO on market place and know others that use it to create a lot of traffic.as for lenders this is an issue nationwide.. its now the province of the new Nigerian prince schemes.. not a week goes by and I get a  PM   hey I see your looking for a loan I can do that.. 

Yeah CA is friggin a mess, morons at the helm and the rich are getting richer and the poor can barely afford housing.

If it is 2-years+ in arrears, the property would be en route to tax sale or the province may have seized it (which would also explain why the lender has taken no action).Every vacant property has a story - they are almost always hard-luck stories and fire is among the most expensive forms of hard-luck.

The link also has info on using RRSPs. link hereI'm familiar with BC and AB and the rules differ for those two provinces, but you will want to check for ON if there are any purchase taxes like there are in BC.Think about living in the property as you may find most of your expenses are covered by your tenants.

And I do like the corp instead of personal for those same reasons:  Limited liability, better taxation, easier for estate planning - can leave the company to kids instead of them having to change name and pay estate taxes and/or land transfer taxes.I did set up the federal corp in case I wanted to buy in different provinces as that was a rule at that time. 

I'm in Canada and use a national insurance provider as most of my rentals are in another province.

The only problem was Canada has extremely poor cash flow and ROI in the western provinces due to high buy in prices.My solution; to invest in the states.

Is assigning a contract in Montreal, QC or generally in the province of QC illegal?

Now the Quebec market doesn't seem very interesting but are always open to start out of province.