The rates are similar for both American and foreign investors. 

I was reading up on the transfer tax in Philadelphia and it states in an area of the law that a transfer from a parent to a child is tax-exempt.

Recent recommendations from HUD are calling this practice discrimination.Automatically disqualifying them based on their criminal record - which could be decades old, may not ever have resulted in a conviction or jail time, and gives no consideration to their behavior since the arrest - can be a form of discrimination.The reasoning behind this recommendation is that nearly 1/3 of Americans have a criminal record, and a disproportionate amount of those with a record are minorities.

For a number of reasons, we feel like it's a good time to invest in the Kelowna real estate market (i.e. single family, condo, townhouse, etc.)Can anybody recommend a real estate agent in the Kelowna area who has experience with foreign investors, ideally American investors?  

Just go to the site and go to Invest => View Investments and scroll down until you find the Princton one (it should be 2nd or 3rd row since it's a recent fund).On the one hand I applaud PoL for being on their game on offerings but man it's so hard and frustrating to get in on a good loan.And by "good" I mean one in flyover country where the ARV is something a regular American could afford to buy from the flipper (aka: viable exit strat for flipper). 

Doesn't matter because I just made the average American's annual salary.  

I can't tell you how many people approach me thinking BP is Brandon's, and when I explain that this is the child of a guy named @Joshua Dorkin, they be like - Joshua D...who? 

A few of the companies I use who will write this type of policy are American Modern, Foremost, and Vacant Express. 

After that, the first thought I would look into is trying to partner with an american citizen.

First American Title and Fidelity Title have information on qualified exchangers.