However, I have visited with community folks, RE agents, RE attorneys, CPA's, Mortgage folks, Title Company Managers, to see if they would be interested in educating the group on their areas of expertise (once again NO sells stuff just educating us on a topic in their field and how if would help us as investors).  

As a small landlord, I am trying to find a way to switch from paper checks to electronic payments for rent collection, in an effort to eliminated a cumbersome, recurring task of scanning, signing, and/or visiting a bank branch, waiting in line, and depositing, or mailing and tracking paper checks.

Jay Helms Hi Jay, Just wanted to say I loved my visit to Pensacola a few years ago, awesome area.

I have visited Sonoma County several times and really love it there , really beautiful area and of course some amazing wine!

@Anthony Boreland  I visited the property once or twice a week.  

I will do ALL the leg work, site visit, analysis, get inspections done and hire an attorney, BUT still need an experienced investors opinion that if I'm forgetting a step in my due diligence or something that I should ask or do now before buying.

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The CRA will extend a credit to you for the income tax paid in the U.S.A. and you will pay the delta between that amount and your marginal tax rate here in Canada.Things are a little different if your U.S.A. property is held within a U.S.A. incorporated entity (other then LLC, which the CRA does not recognize as a general rule) and things are slightly different again if that entity is a child of a Canadian corporation.Best advise I can give is to get a coffee and visit your accountant.

Depending on the situation, an experienced builder can do a couple web searches, and visit the site and give you a good idea of what can be done in an hour or two.

Sometimes people have empty houses just because they have multiple properties and don't have time to visit them all.