I reside in Hotlanta, the future home of Amazon’s HQ2 (fingers crossed)!

If you think there will be another recession/depression in the future that would bring house prices with it, sell.

That being said, I feel Bakersfield would be a great place for you to invest, and if you have some free time please feel free to look through my previous posts to give you my version of what I think will happen in Bakersfield in the future.

I could bring the HUD statements (showing ownership of the US properties), my US incorporation documents, my Canadian incorporation document (the Canadian company that owns my US business), information about the ownership of my house in Canada (to prove I have existing ties to Canada and no intent of relocating to the United States, etc.)I am a little apprehensive of this and i want to make sure that I do everything correctly so I will not have any problems in the future with crossing the US border.

Are these areas run down, do you see any revitalization happening in the near future?

I don't want it to sound cheesy to potential tenants and/or potential future investors.

Abstract fees (abstract of title fees).Charges for installing utility services.Legal fees (including title search and preparationof the sales contract and deed).Recording fees.Surveys.Transfer taxes.Owner's title insurance.Any amounts the seller owes that you agree to pay, such as back taxes or interest,recording or mortgage fees,charges for improvements or repairs,and sales commissions.Settlement costs do not include amounts placed in escrow for the future payment of items such as taxes and insurance.3) if there were other costs incurred to acquire the house such as if you spend money for tax advice, tickets to fly to look at the house( or milage)  and such also gets added to the basisGood luck

You have so many options available to you in the future I'd simply take a look at today. 

Hello,please, dont go flipping anything from hard money at this time. try door knocking, calling on craigslist, zillow etc to find wholesale dealssave up money then partner with an experienced flipper/rehabber on your first flip.until then, join local groups, meet 5 ppl a day in RE, build a network, provide value to them by supplying leads to them..via wholesale or even referral understand online marketing as well...thats the future, under how technology can be l leveraged in RE.so, you need to MARKET, NETWORK, & AUTOMATEfor now, start with marketing. kill it!!!

Might as well give you the good and the bad :)I am very much a risk manager, I look at everything:  the area, the economy, the ROI, the competition, the future, the demographics, what's my downside, what's my upside, etc.