The worst of times will probably suck royally by comparison to the good times but won't last forever.

We are canadian and my husband is a building contractor.

Good Day BP, I'm interested to hear what Canadian investors have to say about rental properties in USA.

., unit of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC.Other firms, including Ellington Management Group LLC in Greenwich and Marathon Asset Management LLC in New York, also are raising money for vulture funds, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hi Akash,Through the mortgage broker I work with, we have access to a much more competitive program for Canadian nationals, for properties in the State of Washington.  

Do what a lot of Canadians have done and invest in Arizona's Resort city, Scottsdale.

And I wish you the best my Canadian neighbor!

I also need to research the concept a bit more w/r to how it would play north of the 49th ... at first blush, Canadian tax code appear a little vague around the treatment financing / capitalized leases - particularly where it pertains to Capital Cost Allowance (CCA .. aka depreciation) and who gets to claim/deduct what.I also suspect our banks/lenders to be a little frosty to the idea of financing with an NNN lease as collateral ... but with mortgage / property financing terms being shorter (0.5-10yrs) here, you would be inclined to think it should be seen as low risk provided the lease term extends beyond the financing?

Hello,My name is Cayce, I'm a Canadian looking to get into real estate investing as a means to create enough cash flow to do it full time! 

Say, something that Warren Buffet or (in a Canadian context) Kevin O'Leary stated in a news interview?