Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.

@Diana B.If you will be purchasing property in the U.S.A. while residing in Canada, then before you even get on a plane, you need to figure out your long term strategy (i.e. to you plan to keep all earnings in-country to grow your business or do you need to bring the money home) and the best organisational structure to fit your current situation and help you realise your objectives.If you search Canadians buying real estate in the US here on BP you will find several threads which raise some of the ownership considerations when investing abroad (control of repatriation of funds; taxation; liability, etc).  

Their role is to control the crowd's traffic and detect items that are meant to cause harm.

Types of Properties: Higher end rentals in a great school districtTarget Areas / Cities: Kansas City NorthlandI'm looking for: Other investors in the area to build connections, Potential private lenders, PartnersWhy you should contact me: To swap real estate stories and to learn from one another, to learn more about some of the markets in the Kansas City metro area, and for potential team building and joint venture opportunities.Would you want to meet up and network soon?

Types of Properties: Higher end rentals in a great school districtTarget Areas / Cities: Kansas City NorthlandI'm looking for: Other investors in the area to build connections, Potential private lenders, PartnersWhy you should contact me: To swap real estate stories and to learn from one another, to learn more about some of the markets in the Kansas City metro area, and for potential team building and joint venture opportunities.Would you want to meet up and network soon?

I think that this is one of those (small) things that helps you maintain control of your property and keep good tenants.

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.

I don't claim to be the end-all-be-all guru but I do buy property with my wife and we are successful landlords and I do love and am passionate about real estate as an asset class due to the tax benefits and control that it offers over other types of investments.

I submitted my original offer on and AIR  form and received pushback from the listing broker.They didn't have an issue with us representing our sleeves but did request we resubmit the offer on the commercial CAR form.After multiple email exchanges I picked up the phone and essentially told them the buyer, and entity I control, had made an offer on the form of their choice and it was within the scope of their fiduciary duty to present that offer to the seller, in this case a local bank.I was told they could only work on CAR forms because it was a mandate from their principal broker, and "require by their E&O insurance carrier".I simply informed them that their broker did not have the option to mandate the type of offer a buyer could make, and E&O insurance doesn't cover contract type rather it covers professional conduct.Reluctantly they submitted to the bank.

You can get checkbook control.