Easier buyer market is very important for a beginner buyer like me, though I realize that US is much more difficult option personaly (employment uncertentainty; obtaining work visa; getting mortgage while Canadian credit score is not accepted and having no US credit score yet; at-will employement; healh care; moving car and property across continent…and many more).After reading all comments, buying a house and renting out a part of it seems to be the best first step for a novice.

I plan on using this business for buy, fix and hold strategy to achieve financial freedom for my fiancee and I.As for my vehicle, I financed a 2015 Ford Transit.

Picture this, household income avg family say $ 120,000, that florida family has a 350k mortgage, 50k in student loans, they are mid 30's, car debt 25k  on the   mini van, another  5k on Visas, so  lets say around 450k in debt.   

My Fiancee and I would love to house hack something here, especially where daughter is a Freshman at MHS. 

Well Tim, since I have not done the work needed to have an opinion on what the future will hold vis-a-vis COVID-19, never mind the mental bandwidth to engage in the second and third order thinking needed to make an estimation of how the a group of yet unknown people will view this thread at some undetermined date, I haven't and will not offer my opinion, since it would add nothing to the collective conversation.  

@ Raymond RichmondPlastiq can only use Master Card to do the cash for down payment for a fee not with Visa. 

For example, here in Colombia, you can invest around $35,000 into a property, share of a hotel, etc. and it would be enough to qualify you for the 2-year resident VISA.

If want to do a real deep dive on Intl Real Estate and Visas you should check out a youtube channel called Nomad Capitalist.   

Hi Jeremy...Regarding your question about people investing in Europe, we are getting good results for properties in Greece, largely due to the quality of the properties, seaside or sea view locations, significantly reduced prices, and last year's launch of the Greek residency visa for non-EU buyers spending at least 250,000 Euros.

I am currently living in Seattle with my fiancee but we tentatively plan to move to the Midwest in 2-4 years.That being said, we are interested in investing our money and want to get into real estate for the long haul(probably brrrr).