If you exclude the Atlantic provinces (slow economy) and rural parts of the prairies the number is over 6.  

Russia did exactly what Georgia did in these provinces with Chechnya.

Historically, people have flocked to AB from other provinces and now we are seeing the reverse.

@Shawn Campbell I have real estate savvy friends in Indy, Lafayette and Northwest Indiana who I have done business with literally for decades, if you would like referrals.On another note I have a close acquaintance from Michigan City who taught English in Huladao City, Lianing Province.

I'd caution and factor in the 45 day moratorium before getting too excited and do keep in mind that we have a republican president about to take the helm and there is still a Federal Mandate do contend with.

The recovery has been handled well.”U-Haul is the authority on migration trends thanks to its expansive network that blankets all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces.

I'm not from this area, but to give you an answer, it's pretty much like the ''Detroit'' of the whole province.

Love it ... small rental portfolios have always been the province of mom and pop do it yourselfers like you describe its only been the last 2 decades that this phenom of buying property like your  a hedge fund  one at a time for small investors has popped up.. with mixed results of course.I know my friends that own apartments they have turn over companies that can turn an apartment in day... paint a bed room 75 bucks flat fee that kind of thing.but these SFRs are much tougher to deal with than apartment units..

@John Babcock  of you can find some pearls.. but for general statement and for a national audience the risk of buying these and ending up selling to you for a substantial loss is at least 50%.. who knowingly goes into an investment with a 50% chance or better of losing 30 to 80% of your principal.. rehabbing houses multiple times until you figure out that's not such a good idea.As @Tom Olson states and he has experience in this from ground level.. it does not matter were you are in the US  in a major metro area like Indy... ( I have done work in NWI and its NOT INdy) these homes are the province IMHO of local investors only, who have the time and the knowledge to understand what they are buying who the tenant is or the tenant demographics and can make them work.

My guess would be that it would be quite a challenging market, especially in the outer provinces, but Bohol would seem to have some potential, depending on location, for the tourist market.