In April 2020, Sara then brought a second contractor, John, on board.

ORWould you go out of your way to make the units different to appeal to a wider audience?

During the last part of their stay - they brought in a dog, without any notice, claiming it was a service animal.Turns out the rental falls into an exception for the "service/assistance" animal law.

It is more than likely the new tenant brought them in. 

Although they could have been brought in by any group, the likely culprit was a bed bug infestation at the facility where the new bed frames we had purchased were produced or stored. 

The owner has upgraded all the apartments in 2019 and brought in new tenants on a month-to-month lease this year with market rents.

Obviously, the first being to pay the IRS a certain percentage on the gross amount and the second being to pay the Canadian government on the gross amount AS WELL - not the “after U.S tax” amount, from my limited understanding this has something to do with the fact that the Canadian government doesn’t recognize an American LLC as a legal corporation and therefore any taxes paid on income produced through the LLC are not in any way recognized or credited after the income comes back to Canada.Other articles claim that there are “work-arounds” to avoid this situation, but they are very vague in nature - I brought this to the attention of my CPA, unfortunately he doesn’t have much experience with cross-border investing and wasn’t much help.I know most people here are Americans, however, if anyone has any experience with cross-border investing or any information that could help it would be much appreciated!

If you play it right, you could have some flexibility and hold your pricing too.I have gotten a few inquiries lately about these types of situations.Also, maybe review the marketing you have done and see if there is anything you can do better (description, pictures, brochure, targeted audience, etc ).Good luck, you will fill it!

I talked to a realtor and she actually brought me to bigger pockets. she has also got me in touch with a lender, so now what do I do or what are the correct questions I need to ask the lender?

Ask investors at meetups if they are interested in being brought wholesale deals3.