I use to live on the other side of the island (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and then in the middle (rue Saint-Denis) many, many years ago.As you have already noted, there is a welcoming and encouraging community here on BP with lots of experience and sage advice.While much of the information you will find here is universal, but in the areas of finance, regulation and taxation things are a little difference here in Canada (particulierement au Québec) - working in credit at RBC, you may already be familiar with the distinctions.Investing in real estate as part of your portfolio is a wise idea and if I can be of any assistance, just drop a note.

By the way, I don't think age or sex are inhibitors to these traits.

Anyway, that's also a possibility there, in which case the soon to be former homeowners would obviously have all the incentive in the world to let you inspect the place from top to bottom, which is certainly NOT the case most if not pretty much all the time looking at a house about to be au

Secondly, unless you're an attorney you probably shouldn't be giving legal advice without at least having a disclaimer or showing some examples of case law in order to prove your point.Here's a link to The Fair Housing Act:http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/title8.phpand here's the specific section that I believe, although I'm not an attorney, proves my point.Sec. 804.[42 U.S.C. 3604] Discrimination in sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices As made applicable by section 803 of this title and except as exempted by sections 803(b) and 807 of this title, it shall be unlawful-- (a)To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.

I'm just concerned about liability if perhaps a tenant was a sex offender and we did not catch that due to not performing a background check.

I am not an lawyer (and I do not play one on TV ;-)) but I went looking on masslegalhelp.org and found this nugget on Federal public housing:Federal public housingIf you are applying for federal public housing, a housing authority  must deny your application if it finds that:A household member is currently engaged in illegal use of a drug, or the  Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe a household member's illegal  use of a drug or pattern of illegal use of a drug may threaten the health,  safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.1 The Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a household  member's abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol may threaten the health, safety,  or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.2   Importantbefore denying a person housing based on illegal drug use or alcohol  abuse, a housing authority may consider evidence of rehabilitation3.Any member of your household is subject to a lifetime registration  requirement under a state sex offender registration program.4 Any household member has been convicted of the manufacture or production of  methamphetamine in federally assisted housing.5 Any household member has been evicted from federally assisted housing for  drug-related criminal activity within the past three  years.6   ImportantA housing authority can also let your household in if the person who  engaged in the drug-related criminal activity has  successfully completed a supervised, approved rehabilitation program, or if the  circumstances leading to the eviction no longer exist—for example, the household  member has died or is in jail.7 In addition to the automatic denials listed above, a housing authority  may deny applicants "whose habits and practices reasonably may  be expected to have a detrimental effect on the residents or the project  environment."8 This means that a housing  authority has wide discretion over whom it allows  into its federal public housing programs.

My name is Au and I'm really excited to be a part of BP.

But the iPad being better than sex?

Been there done that, season rentals have more sex appeal than positive cashflow.

This may be worth checking into.I tried contacting their supporters, but the email addresses displayed didnt reach them.http://www.tic.com.au/Let me know if you know more about them or the conference.We regularly have AU nationals buying real estate in our market of Kansas City because of the low investment and high ROIs.