My American wife and I are planning to move to Austin with our newborn.

I have put real estate investing on pause recently due to my wife and I now have a newborn baby :)  However, the last time I was at the San Bernardino auction.com's auctions, they were during the summer months, I can honestly say they were slim pickings for investors to make a profit. 

I have had a few agents tell me to start with a hand written letter to all over them, maybe sending a picture of my newborn child and letting them also know about the great office I am currently working for.

@Neil Da SilvaThe so called "double taxation" is primarily a concern if you try to treat an LLC as a flow-through entity (there are a few additional concerns with using LLCs for real estate that need to be taken into account as well).If your plans allow/call for U.S.A. corporation - maybe as a 100% child of a Canadian corporation  - then you would elect to have an LLC taxed as a corporation - which is the manner in which the CRA recognises it.Everyone's situation and road map are a little different, so you should seek out an accountant - and probably an attorney - with cross-boarder business / real estate experience before you start purchasing in the U.S.A.

First PostHave many close friends that are contractors and can give very fair pricing on repairs and maintenance.My child is moving 1 1/2 hours away for college. 

At $15/hour with a child I'm guessing you're not saving a ton of money on a monthly basis so I would hope you have substantial reserves before investing.

It sounds like his carrier missed this when he purchased the property.Is that third child still alive? 

Here’s my question: I’d be putting about 8k into repairs and such, if it were you, would you just treat it as a mother in law apartment as if renting it to my child or mother or claim everything as if it were a full rental?

We were about to have our 3rd child, and i didn't have time to manage/maintain the property. 

We currently live in an apartment and have one child who is 9.