I have deal at the moment with low market rents.

@Mindy Jensen, @Ginny NelsonDepending on the "profession", Canadians have the option (at least for the moment) of a NAFTA TN visa to work in the U.S.A.  

Hey how are you Tom Ott thanks for taking the time out to read my post I'm already in the process of looking at multiple properties but my stumbling block at the moment is trying to get in contact with the owner of a vacant property I'm not sure of the measures that's required and or if I have to pay for that information..your feedback is greatly appreciated, once again thank you

for a few years and cashflowed beautifully, you have the money to bring a downpayment to your new primary residence (which, btw, the banks will be MUCH more lenient on lendingwise than a new investment loan/refinance.So, good start, absolutely.

(Or anywhere) I've found this house, it's a 3/2.5 with 5000 sqft, on 25 acres with beautiful views, about 15 minutes from town, in a great neighborhood.

At the moment I am interested in house hacking.

Being that the reason for wanting the seller finance option was because we had very little money we could put down, this didnt make sense for us at the moment so we moved on.

Being that the reason for wanting the seller finance option was because we had very little money we could put down, this didn't make sense for us at the moment so we moved on.

the beauty of being a real estate investor is return that you receive on the amount of time invested

For example on my last flip, one contractor handled all the Misc repairs, demoed an addition, rehabbed and installed a beautiful new master shower, and repaired all drywall.