Even though I don't think there's a way to get out of this without taking some sort of loss.    

Hostile HOAAnd of course financing.. what if you need off site improvements how are you going to pay those is the local jurisdiction going to help or you have to pay it.. or can you do an improvement district with some sort of bond act.

For me, operating in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, it's always better not to accept any sort of payments once eviction proceedings have started.

Although the odds of something bad happening are slim.....stuff does happen.If you could find out who is in charge of this you could at least sign sort of agreement regarding liability....?

There will need to be some sort of established history (rental income and operating costs) in order for a lender to calculate the income.  

Very true, and a lot of lenders, especially like fix and flip lenders have sort of a "loyalty program" where more deals equal better rates and better leverage. 

It doesn't need to be some robust CRM that can do all sorts of things.

Just trying to sort out the details about how it all works as a Canadian.I am just wondering if anyone can give me a basic overview about what its like as a Canadian investing in US real estate? 

I’m largely sorting out how much reserve income I need, for incase work goes dry and I have to keep paying off the property.Would you recommend I run numbers on that first, or is it better to get a lenders input?

The rain refresh has the new technology feature where water and dirt sort of just fall off of it, making it self cleaning for the most part.