Are there perils to consider looking far away / out-of-province?

My crystal ball tells me that there will be continued struggles there for a while, but oil ain't dead and we can hope that the province actually diversifies next time. 

Windsor is a great option here in Ontario.however considering you are looking at all of Ontario - you should really consider the eastern provinces - Nova Scotia etc. 

Now that was 2002 and it was  BC  maybe different in different province's 

Now that I have 500K, I wish I had 1-2 mil to spread the same risk over multiple multi-plexes across the province.

I would love to do it myself but I work about 80 hours a week in the next province over for three quarters of the month, every month😅.

That means they'll be leaving other provinces and heading to the west coast.

In some other provinces with limits, you can increase it more if you have a valid reason.

I'm wanting to buy several single family houses in a neighboring province (Canada) and several lenders have now told me they have a 100k minimum mortgage amount.

@Dan StrandbergNor are you likely to find such a thing.Privacy legislation generally precludes a business model which traffics in such information.Depending upon your province, there may be a centralized land registry or taxation authority where you can access such information for a specific property  - there may be a per transaction fee or subscription required.