On top of that I am Canadian (eh), so that adds another layer to the difficulty in getting started in the States (poor me, I know)Now, if there are any of you out there that have gone through this process, and have managed to get their first deal in the past year, I would love to hear about it! 

The national broadcaster as awoken to realize that rising housing costs eventually mean higher rents:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/affordable-housing...

I’m from the US, married to Canadian woman.

Estelle,Big Yellow Taxi may have been sung by Carly Simon - and countless others -  but it was written and made famous by {Canadian} Joni Mitchell.

Currently SeekingI am looking for investors interested in Canadian Real Estate & investors in the United States with experience selling real estate to Canadians.

There are a handful of Canadians regularly active on the site and half-a-dozen from Québec (mostly the MTL area).  

However, i am a Canadian and do not live in the USA but i was enticed by the Co-wholesaler JV model and recently partnered with two Wholesalers in Jacksonville Florida.This is no problem.

For now though -- Canadian RE Market seems over extended and prices high.  

As I mentioned in the first post, my interest is in knowing what other canadian investors are doing and how they're doing it.  

That Canadian has the right idea, LOL.Zoning is accomplished based on restrictive uses under police powers (Ooops, basic RE stuff) categories or zoning areas are set from a highest use or restriction to the lowest restriction.