just be cautious when it comes to using these. ensure you've got a plan to pay that balance back in a relatively quick fashion as most HELOC rates can fluctuate which could make the numbers suddenly not work. i've leveraged mine in instances where i'm doing a BRRR and i want the deposit for a private money loan. i'm not using it as my downpayment and leaving it out there for a long period of time. 

They need to get boats, there all moving to Belize :) I was there last year, wow, tons of Americans moving there  

American corporation lifestyle is already very relaxed compared to the world standard.The bigger issue that I see is that the pie for residential real estate, is not that big enough, except if you want to work for big developer.

Passively investing in the broad stock market has definately retired more Americans than Real Estate for no effort at all because of the power of compounding.

Not sustainable except for the top 10-15% of Americans.   

Does anyone know of US lenders who help Canadians get an American mortgage?  

But start to get out of the SAD (sad american investment diet).Real Estate Investments: Cash flow and appreciation aside for you as a high income earner over 400K AGI its going to be more about saving taxes.

Can go from $25 to $500k…large line.Frost Bankin Texas only.Bank of Southern CaliforniaCaliforniaBank of West (BNP Paribas)CaliforniaCal Coast Credit UnionCaliforniaEast West Bankup to 60% LTV with "no docs” CaliforniaSan FranCaliforniaFirst RepublicCaliforniaFremont BankCaliforniaHSBCCaliforniaHSBCCaliforniaSilvergate BankCaliforniaMountain American Credit Union and America First have great rates for HELOCsAmerica First will do a HELOC on an investment property in Utah.STR DSCR Mortgages (not HELOCs)VisioUTAHHost FinancialUTAHAmerican HeritageUTAHLendingOneUTAHRCNUTAH

Owner demands are forcing PMCs to hire cheap VA's from foreign countries, but it's difficult to train these VA's about industry knowledge and American customs. 

Any real estate ventures would be things I consider fun where I can participate in some fashion without doing the bulk of the work and I would derive some autonomy, mastery, and purpose goals from.