Buying a home in the US

Well, old immigration laws certainly no longer apply, even if for a year or 2 they were lax on enforcing them, they most definitely are not now!

Even before 9/11 crossing the border was getting more and more difficult to do, especially the more often you do it. If there is a CBP officer who remember seeing you sometime before, you're going to get hauled in for secondary inspection. I have had the displeasure of secondary on a few occasions, they have humiliated me, gone through ALL of my belongings, including read my personal journal, and checked through my toiletries bag, and dumped my purse out. As soon as you've been through secondary once, count on being pulled in every time after that.

I STILL get dirty looks from US CBPs, and I have a green card now!

heck, I even get dirty looks from Canadian CBPs, I guess because I defected

I genuinely think they have had training in being hard asses. The reason I think this is because my nephew got pulled in for secondary inspection at an airport (he is a permanent resident) and at the time he was only 15 and had gotten a bit ahead in the line from his parents. Anyway, my brother-in-law went totally mental at the USCIS for being so heavy handed with him because they kept asking him what his address was over and over again and giving him a really hard time.

When they tried the "stand behind the line please sir" line with him he just went up to the officer and yelled in his face "just remember I might be an alien but it's still my taxes paying your f--king salary". I don't think they get people standing up to them like that very often because they apparently became very apologetic when he started talking about writing letters to his members of Congress, and the USCIS.

Whenever he goes and stands in line at immigration now he always stands in the line for US citizens he told me.

Can a Canadian buy and rent out a home in Las Vegas NV

Sure, but you can can't live in it full time unless you have either permanent residency, or other status that allows you to stay longer than 6 months per year.

I just bought my second house in Florida and will be moving some furniture by truck in 1-2 weeks from now. What restrictions (if any) are there when crossing the border on a truck full of furniture and personal belongings? Any duties I have to pay? Any paperwork I have to show? Anyone had this experience?

Thank you in advance

Unless you have some sort of residency visa that allows you to move your personal goods duty free, you will likely need to pay taxes and duty on anything you move down there.

Check the US Customs and Border Patrol website for forms and info.

Can a Canadian buy and rent out a home in Las Vegas NV

Yeah you can but be careful about the tax situation which is explained in the big thread somewhere on here about doing it. You are subject to US income taxes on rental income.

Personally I don't think Nevada is a sensible place to do it because they have no State income tax, so to compensate they have pretty high property taxes. What this means is that if you don't get someone to rent it, you still end up paying a load of tax.

Hi

I am a real estate broker in the San Francisco/Sacramento regions. I can help you find a home in these areas in Northern California. Prices are very cheap these days $200k would buy a property of 4 bed/2 bath/2car garage which can be rented out for $1800-2000 per month. Financing (mortage) for non-US nationals is available, but the down payment is slightly higher 40-50%. The interest rate is around 6.5% for a 30y fixed loan, a 5y ARM is around 5%.

I have a website www.BuyHomeInUS.com which has more info on foreigners buying properties in USA.
Please send me an e-mail if you need further info.

Best regards,

James