Best way to handle finances: get a TD, RBC or BMO US account and link with your Canadian account.

@Larry Smet runs a successful meetup for Canadian investors investing in US real estate.

People InvolvedThe friend (Alfonso) is a born-and-raised Canadian citizen and resides there 100% of the year.

@Abel LopezDepends on the terms but for a Canadian like myself it avoids a lot obstacles we face from US lenders.. especially as a beginner we would be considered medium to high risk and nailed with lower LTV and higher interest rate..

My husband and I area dual Canadian/US citizens residing in Canada.

(esp. that even in the US it hardly works due to the high attrition rate), a big reason why it doesn't work (as a business, not as a one-off deal) is because of: 1) lack of density in most Canadian markets outside of GTA, Vancouver, Montreal and 2) house price are too high.

The Lehigh Valley is considered Allentown,Bethlehem and Easton.Some awards won by Allentown In the recent years:2015- Ranked by Fortune Magazine as being among the top 10 best places in the US to relocate corporate finance and Information technology companies.2016- Cited as a “national success story” by the Urban Land Institute for its downtown redevelopment. 2017 & 2018- Downtown Allentown Revitalization District was named 1 of 13 winners worldwide of the prestigious “Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence”.

Home Depot and Global stone have some outstanding tile for $1 to $1.50 plus you can find some blow out sales at Big Bobs, really beautiful stuff. 

They do not tend to like working with newer buyers needing tons of help buying smaller properties for a lower commission check.If you can be more descriptive such as your net worth and liquidity, annual income from job or business, total global cash flow, asset type, deal size, LTV with amount you are looking to put down, area, cap rate expected, fully stabilized or value add,etc.All of these things a good commercial broker will KEY in on to see if what you are wanting to do is readily available or you are looking for a needle in a haystack or wild goose chase type thing.If you are looking to find above market cap rates there are REIT's, pension funds, insurance companies that buy hundreds of millions a year in properties that I can call to purchase in 3 to 4 weeks close all cash.

I am world wide lender we do business globally, from coast to coast in the US.