When it comes to the US, I'll let American members answer that question as they know better since I'm Canadian.

I have read quite a bit on the series LLCs and spoke with Scott Royal Smith.Check out his blogs here on BP - https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Trying to find some solid reading material focusing on Canadian Real Estate investing.

Usually it's Canadians, but we also see folks from other countries asking as well.  

I've narrowed it down to:- Reliance Bank- Royal Banks of Missouri- American Bank of MissouriAnyone have experience with any of these, good or bad?

How easy is for Canadians to get a cash out refinance in Florida?

Closing on a JV with two other Canadian partners this week, Section 8 tenant in McKeesport, PA.I am happy to share any info I gather on this. 

@Charles VinetteIn this country, most of the lenders have quite good underwriting and mortgage servicing systems.When if comes to modelling mortgages (amortizations, terms, rates, payment frequency, pre-payments, rate changes, etc), there is little that cannot be done using a spreadsheet (even for Canadian residential mortgages where interest is compounded semi-annually.There are some descent spreadsheets which are freely available - Vertex publishes a few descent one which work for both Canadian and U.S.A. mortgages.

She appears to be a royal PITA.

In terms of the speed (date on market) and all-inclusive services (cleaning + staging + selling), should we be looking at big companies like ReMax or Royal Lepage?