it may mean serving all the local neighbors around the property with notices, to have the border lines redrawn. 

My neighbor has requested a re-zoning of 3 acres, which borders my property on three sides.  

We are focusing on Johannesburg inner city borders - Hillbrow and surrounds. 

Despite rumors to the contrary, probate is not automatically started upon the death of an individual.In my state (CA), county public administrators have the responsibility to probate the estates of deceased property owners if no one else has done so, however I have observed that they are too busy to look for new cases and only only take the ones where they see that their agencies will get paid.

Even the Brownstones that are at the very edge of Bedstuy bordering other neighborhoods ARVs at 850k-1mill. 

It's not attached to the property directly but to the estate of the deceased.

As a Canadian investor, you will be dealing with a whole host of different issues (cross-border taxes, repatriation of income/capital, etc) that an American investor will not face if the deal is in the USA.

--no foreclosure records (indicating lack of mortgage)--Owner of Record as shown by Jeffco is deceased, but no probate proceedings have begun (no heirs have come forward, etc).

. - RENTS ARE GOING UPMexico continues to build new factories & border security will increase slowing immigration.  

The borders (both international and inter-provincial) of NB are closed to non-essential travel (there are checkpoints in-place).We appear to be 3-4 weeks behind places like Québec and New York: there are only a hundred cases of COVID-19 in NB at the moment and no deaths yet.We have student rentals turning over in May and June which are normally rented by now - but we cannot show occupied units and student are deferring the search for new accommodations until they know for certain there will be a fall semester.