We’re a Canadian couple ....Driving over on your days off might lower your anxiety.Maybe stay overnight in a motel, get your hair cut there, eat in the restaurants.Get to know a few cities well, and get to know the neighborhoods there.Talk to a few realtors and shop in the local grocery stores.After a few trips, you will know where is not safe, and where is more safe than the not safe.Also once you cross the border 911 is the call code for help if you need it, but don't expect the Red Coated Mounties in their shiny brown boots. 

Perhaps change additional occupant is grounds for vacating...what if they have a baby?

Whether it is the real estate market, the stock market, Beanie Babies or Pokemon Cards.

I have a few off the top of my headNon-conforming zoned properties, way too hard to get around these (sometimes)High crime rates, D class neighborhoods - beware of bad neighbors tooLong list of building inspector code violations being transferred at closingToo many liens on the property (mechanics, tax, credit - you find these in the title search)Clouds on title (relatives in other states that have different plans for the property)Too much "spaghetti" on the table (hair on the deal, I am Italian and like food references)Happy to share my "Due Diligence Checklist" from our BiggerPockets Blog.

(We have a new baby, so some of the more uncomfortable options for house hacking aren't really options for us.)

I will add that the tenant has a new born baby and is usually home along during the day, so she wants to be able to let her dogs out without having to leave the house.

The lending laws have changed since then.That's the reason many baby-boomer's have a mindset of get your loan paid off as fast as possible because their parents went through the Depression and knew what it was like to have a loan called for no reason.

I'm just an old fat guy who is losing his hair, but I save money for my clients.

They will not accept things such as paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, wads of toilet paper, balls of hair, grease, oil, table scraps, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks, newspapers, cosmetics containers, or children's toys.

Matt is great, but this funding is a hair short of a scam.THE SEED SERVICE & PROCESSI am a "seed survivor" as I have paid for their services.