Can a Canadian citizen qualify for a FHA loan when purchasing property in the United States? 

Alternatively, Canadians heavily invest in US real estate as the #s available in the US cannot be matched in Canada (multiple reasons). 

You may have asked them politely to vacate early, but the simple fact that you asked them to leave before their lease was up was very hostile and now you are getting the blow back from that.If Canadian laws are anything like US laws, then they are under no obligation to leave, nor are they under any obligation to bend over backwards so that you can show the property whenever is convenient for you. 

I’m assuming the legality of this varies from state to state, or province to province (for our Canadian friends) but does anyone have any experience with paying down someone’s loan while in financial distress in exchange for putting a lien on the property?

., Canadian lumber).To get all cash, which some investors are willing to do, especially some of the more established flippers or BRRRR-nauts, it'll be more of a sure thing going with an agent as stated above. 

Hi AllDo you follow the 1% rule (gross income must be equal or less than 1% purchase price) or the 50% rule (50% of gross income be allocated to operating expenses) when analyzing deals in Canadian real estate?

On another note the Canadian side (Windsor/Essex) is a great place to invest as well with very low crime rates and one of the cheapest places in Canada to invest. 

Not to mention the flood of foreign buyers like Canadians that have shrunk inventory and pushed up prices paid for distressed properties.

As you Canadians know, Toronto's market is crazy right now, comparable to California and New York.

I just came across another scammer in my neighborhood, that sold turnkey properties to Canadian investors, except they were never renovated and those houses are now sitting here boarded up and investors in Canada are sitting far away.