You'd need a solicitor to help you set up the holdco and a CPA who employs creative thinking in tax planning for REI. 

Solicitors? 

I hope you didn’t respond to the solicitor in the post above that was removed.

@Dominika M I'll preface all of this response with the acknowledgement that I am neither an accountant nor solicitor and with the encouragement that you seek your own council with such individuals before engaging in international business.

@William Johnson It's not so much whether the lender cares, but whether they check - though the notary/solicitor registering the contract/caveat may be obligated to inform them.My main point is, you are unlikely to get past the next renewal without pulling the trigger, completing the transaction and financing in your name.  

The ability to control the process, to see what is going on and to check up on the builders, estate agents, solicitors and others (using UK terms).What you do not know you do not know is what will bite you the hardest.3.

Next you will need to pool a bit of your funds and find yourself both an accountant and a solicitor who specialize in real estate - since the land parcel in question is in PQ, you will want your solicitor to be versant in Québec law (it differs from RoC).

It's very common here to be purchasing leaseholds (as opposed to freeholds) on property, which requires the solicitor to also act on behalf of the freeholder.

Thanks You heard from the solicitors of SDIRAs and Solo 401ks.As an accountant I'm going to talk about the actual impact financially and what you can do to minimize it.  

I suspect they'd be the same people with a big old "NO SOLICITORS" sign on their door too. :-) I welcome any other input.