My only critique is that I haven't found many people from BP in the Dallas/Fort Worth to actually meet in person to exchange information.

The issue, in my opinion, is not so much the safety of your property but the cost of buying (extra high fees when buy as a foreigner) and when you sell (other fees when you sell as a foreigner).

@David Moore TAX REFORM BILL IMPACTS 1031"Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" repeals personal property LKEs; Real estate exchanges saved, still vulnerableDear Friends,The long-awaited Republican tax reform proposal, released yesterday, modifies Section 1031 by repealing exchanges for all tangible and intangible personal property, leaving like-kind exchanges for real estate intact.

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Something stating your purpose in exchange for living quarters?

Can someone with lots of familiarity in real estate taxes confirm whether or not it would trigger capital gains when my co-business partner and I exchanged our 50% interest in each of our respective unit of the new two-unit condo building we had the developer constructed for us.

Generally, if they pay tax in the US they can claim that tax back on Foreign Tax Credit forms on their Canadian tax returns in order to avoid double taxation.  

Hello friends, How do you verify creditworthiness/reliability when renting to foreigners?

If they forgo their fees in exchange for equity, then they can participate as equity share holders in the amount that their fee would normally be, but they just get paid at the end.You can ultimately propose whatever you want, but each party brings value to the deal and should be compensated accordingly. 

You as a foreign investor will not find conventional 25% down financing with US interest rates, thats why more Canadians or other foreign investors are not buying more.