Vancouver is already the second least affordable market on the planet (next to Hong Kong) with housing prices average 11+ times household income.While it is likely the market in Vancouver will not post the year-over-year price increases in 2015 that it did in 2014, the reality is that prices need to start declining (or incomes increasing dramatically) to avert a housing crises.Over here on the other end of the country, you can thank the Maritimes for holding the Canadian housing price average to just 5.7 times household income.  

Insulation, if needed, is a royal pain depending on floor layout. 

Go on to the Canadian real estate site REIN, It is primarily western Canadian investors, they will have all the answers you need.

As a Canadian investor there's a number of moving parts that you need to manage but it's doable.I run a monthly meetup for those of us in the Toronto area that invest in US real estate. 

My boyfriend is Canadian and so are many of his friends.

If you’ve got questions, post them in the Canadian forum and I’ll likely see them.

I highly recommend using an attorney for a number of reasons, even though you can do it on your ownThe attorney will get it done correctly ;), and can advise on a good business structure (properties in Texas can use a Series LLC, which is a less expensive LLC structure when you have multiple properties), and can be your Registered Agent which will provide you more anonymity.Jason Marino (Royal Legal Solutions) helped us through the process, and we recommend the Royal Legal Solutions team. 

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