This would hedge your cashflow risks as well.Alternatively, buy there, live there, and lobby to get it changed/run for city council.

Yes, we are simple folk - unlike our british cousins whose soccer chants last a full 90 minutes, we have stuggled to top the OI, OI, OI for the last 20 years!

I think it mwas get be time to see legal counsel council on this one.

@Mathew Wray what makes you say there is still a housing shortage other than that’s what city council and the activists keep saying here in Portland?

Here's some info to share with your local politicians and State assembly:Contacting Califronia state assemblyman:http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/You should also look up your local city council members and contact them.Almost every Urban Planning and economist organization agrees that rent controls hurt local governments/cities:This is really an issue with the city.

I'm wondering what options are out there for financing to foreigners - I am Canadian, my husband is British (and Canadian permanent resident).

The Metro Council has deferred the third and final vote on BL2017-608 until July - hopefully all the lobbying efforts currently in progress will result in some sort of a reasonable compromise.

But the land we bought for our neighborhood development has been a gigantic learning curve regarding what the city council, architectural review board, department of environmental management, and other agencies will require you to comply with.

https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/features/2017/11/21/16678002/airbnb-nashvilleI can't stress strongly enough to anyone looking to get started: make sure you know what regulations are in place and which ones are being discussed in your city council, planning commission, and county commissioner meeting rooms.

Hey BP,Any Real Estate Investors living or investing in British Columbia?