Account Closed this did help , thank you and appreciate the input from a fellow Canadian! 

As a dual Canadian/American citizen I am open to buying in either country (for my first property) and then internationally. 

From one fellow Canadian-now-Dallas-resident to another, welcome @Kyle Adam!

My situation is even more "fun" for the banks because it's a Canadian retirement account.

Royal velvet might look cool to a 20-something Goth, but it can be 4 coats of paint to get it back to Magnolia Spray ;-)

As indicated above, we do not always make the full worse-case level of mortgage payment - sometimes there is better use for the cash - but we make certain we can make that payment if or when the need arises (i.e. rates shoot up).Essentially, we make the same mortgage payments as the majority of Canadians who opt for a 5-year fixed-rate mortgage (something like 3/4 of the market), but we pay down more of or debt as we manage our own interest rate risk rather than paying the bank a higher interest rate to manage it on our behalf.BTW:  I concur on the cap-rate compression.  

Turns out I some how decided at that time it would be a good idea to pay 60,000 dollars Canadian for this training.

Hello Guys, I am a 22 year old 3rd year student at Ryerson University in Toronto Ontario. I am hoping to begin investing in real estate in the next couple of years. I have already invested in some REIT’s as a passive...

I’ve done some research on Canadian companies doing this but I don’t think they’d deliver to Haiti.

Just so much to learn.A lot Canadians invest in the US because the prices in Canada are not affordable for the average Joe.