As a kid my brother and the other boys in my neighborhood would watch A-team and MacGyver because they realised that there was always component left out when they would construct their diversions and explosions.

@Diana B.If you will be purchasing property in the U.S.A. while residing in Canada, then before you even get on a plane, you need to figure out your long term strategy (i.e. to you plan to keep all earnings in-country to grow your business or do you need to bring the money home) and the best organisational structure to fit your current situation and help you realise your objectives.If you search Canadians buying real estate in the US here on BP you will find several threads which raise some of the ownership considerations when investing abroad (control of repatriation of funds; taxation; liability, etc).  

I realise I'm simplifying in the above with my numbers - but these are  meant just as examples.

COVID got in the way then I realised it was not COVID but fear paralysis.

I just realised that a residential developer purchased about 20 acres right across the street from where those lots are.

Hi Chad, OK, I didn't realise that.

I had been into real-estate for awhile for the tax benefits but I'm realising as a Canadian, I can only write off what I've earned on the property plus like a 5000 allowance every year.

I thought I could do it all myself, didn't realise how hard it was not being in the area. 

The more I talked to him about investing the more I realised he knew about it and did a little himself.

This is when I realised that they were all in on the joke.