Globalization and technological advances have had a terrible impact on our middle class and restoring the middle class should be high on everyone's list of priorities.

I am a Canadian who is working towards my first deal in the Chicago area.  

@Ryan Cox do you think proximity to the Canadian border would have much to do with rental markets?

I am A Canadian investor  looking for a decent (and  affordable!)

I just closed on a deal for another Canadian and they are now in the process of fixing up the house and they will then sell it for him.

With the US elections and the global financial troubles in the news lately, it seems risky to go all in on this venture.

I doubt many conservative Canadian banks are lining up to lend on properties with foundation issues and that may be why the buyers financing fell through.I am a cash buyer, so getting financing is not an issue. 

After looking around I have decided to invest globally in order to have the advantages of having a worldwide portfolio (that is less fragile to local market crashes), and because the ROI in Israel isn't that investor friendly.

As an example I am in Orlando FL and I am working with a Canadian investor that bought one of my houses.

There's not a lot of Alberta specific MF meetups because:Market size is smallMost investors think of condos/houses as opposed to multifamily (hence, less interested investors)Debt-financing is hard to come (relative to the US)Institutions are not as investor/landlord friendly (relative to the US)Lots of Canadians invest south of the border for all of the above reasons plus better returns/liquidity/currency diversification.