Investing out of area - legal protections.

[William Wong]

Hello,

As a Canadian resident who wants to buy in the US market, what kinds of legal protections exist for foreign investors? Say for example there is a dispute of some kind with a turnkey real estate company or with a tenant, what avenues are there?

Also, how does one develop a comfort level while investing out of country? Everything just seems so much further away and you cannot "feel" your investment and the neighborhood because it is so far away.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks.