Rooming houses dwindled in numbers, and zoning regulations took out the rest.Now apartments in popular suburbs are as expensive as in center cities, and for people of even moderate means their own apartment or house may not be realistic financially.  

Hi Shakti, As a lender we do work with US-visa holders as long as they have an established credit score in the US.

The only exceptions I can think of are a lack of experience frustrating your financing process or where the GC has such a well established brand that a buyer will pay a premium for a home built or renovated by that particular contractor.

That is why I am moving to STR because I am tired of all these regulations popping up everyday.Sucks that you had to replace the toilet, and they rejected the payment.

What makes it tough in the beginning is your rental income is not established so you need to be able to handle the debt not using rental income. 

This way, you can learn the ropes before tackling a larger property.Also, when investing out-of-state, make sure you establish your Core 4 Real Estate team.

I know there are some STR regulations, but it seems there are plenty of parts of town where it can be done.

He is the best and sells nothing.Your idea makes sense, but as you've seen with regulations, it won't work in practice for a short-term rental.I like @Dan H.'

I am currently researching the different regulations in Ontario and GTA.

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