Every country in this series has forced me to answer one uncomfortable question before I would put my own money into it.
Mexico made me ask whether a foreigner can really own coastal property, or whether the fideicomiso is a polite fiction. Spain made me ask whether regulation itself has quietly become the largest line item in the risk column. Italy made me ask whether quality of life can be booked as an investment return, or whether that is just a story people tell themselves to justify a purchase they made with their hearts.
The United States asks a stranger question, and it is a question about the buyer rather than the country.
Why do so many Canadians assume American real estate is easy, and are they right to?
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