The requirement to do this generally involves an experienced GC signing on the borrowing entity as a 20+% owner thus making them a signatory on the loan and responsible for the debt which in most cases is not very easy to find.

Fees should be clearly stated in writing, easy to understand, and justifiable.

Even most HML will not fund if you have zero experience  maybe some will do easy fix and flip type projects that anyone can figure out how to put back together but new construction NO WAY. 

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Fees should be clearly stated in writing, easy to understand, and justifiable.

I think we are starting to see a theme here: C and D look better on paper than reality and ar easy to buy (for a reason, I might add). 

If it was easy to take $1k and turn it into $10k easily with minimal work and sacrifice like the guru's say, then we would be the richest country in the world.  

It's easy to post a home run.

I'm going to reiterate what's already been mentioned above, but I'm going to actually give you examples of why it's relevant to you to find a U.S. tax professional.1 - You're going to need to file U.S. taxes once you have property down here, there's federal filings, state filings, and sometimes local filings too2 - Tons of tax treaties between the U.S. and Canada that are easy to miss and can cost you a lot of money (important one with rentals - effectively connected income - if the professional you talk to doesn't know what this is, run away)3 - The amount of days you spend in the U.S. needs to be tracked and if you go over a threshold, all of your worldwide income could be taxable by the U.S.4 - Selling real property means up to 15% of your sales proceeds might not be available to you for years (FIRPTA)5 - Lots of nuance at the state and local levels, which both want to take as much money from you as possibleMain takeaway here is that you should find a U.S. based tax person.

If it's something as easy as adding a parking pad then I would say it usually can make sense.