It seems like Americans have it easy in this regard but far less advantages to incorporating in Canada.

California Apartment Association, California Council for Affordable Housing, American Veterans, Women Veterans Alliance, etc) are all coming together to help defeat it.Most the major newspaper publications throughout the state are against it:Santa Rosa Press Democrat joins growing number of papers opposed to Prop 21Orange County Register: Proposition 21 will make the housing crisis worse.

If no action is taken, at worst case 43 million Americans could be facing eviction very soon.  

Picture American Pickers dust and cobwebs.I contacted someone who does estate sales and a junk hauling company.

That sounds American to me!

My wife and I currently live in Surrey BC, however she is an American working as a health care professional in Bellingham so we are actually looking to house hack our first purchase somewhere near Blaine or Lynden.I initially joined bigger pockets for the educational material and tools, but when I realized there was a whole ecosystem of people on here I became pretty excited to meet and network with other experienced real estate investors and agents in the area.Our short term goal is to house hack a 4-plex somewhere north of Bellingham and then once we have taken that first step we can start to look outwards in terms of investments.

Try American Village just west of campus for large 80's-90s era family homes and the area south of campus bordering MLK but before you get to Hope Valley for affordable 2-3 bedroom houses on big lots.  

Our main one is USAA (I think they insure up to 10 properties now), but we also use Foremost and American Modern as they provide more specialized coverage, like vacancies over standard policy timelines.  

I would talk to someone at PNC Bank or First American Bank or any large of small bank.

If you want to look at demographics then hands down American Factfinder of the US Census Department is the best.