As a result, while the US market is stuck in the lock-in effect, the Canadian market is kinda booming so it makes more sense for Americans to consider Canada nowadays, except for the fact that Canada has on average one of the if not the most unaffordable real estate in the world.Hope this helps.

About 10 properties in  2 weeks.I visited  Cleveland in May 2023.   

(Which you could also then do with your new purchase in 2 years.

Purchase price: $250,000 Cash invested: $52,000 2013 Built in a Class B neighborhood of Houston.

Rare in Texas I think to find a PM that wants to manage anything as rent by the room. 

Also seems like a lot of MF sells occupied with tenants in place so you just have to comfortable with that and contracting up from and seeing inside after contracting.    1st step is to find a great lender and get pre-approved for a loan so you know what your budget is. 

If you have a road maintained by the HOA then set aside for that in reserves. 

There aren't many co-ops in Southern California, mostly in LA or a senior community in Orange County, but there's not much of a discount between condos and co-ops - at most, 10%.What is your source of the 10% difference data?  

However, I'm in the middle of a cash-out refinance of an investment property I already own.

If your first investment goes South you run the risk of putting your home in jeopardy.