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I do a great deal of mortgages on purchases here with Canadians. Their monetary system is similar with checking and savings but they get a mortgage like it was here prior to 2007 (easy). Couple commons threads I see: Canadians don't like to give up the mountain of paperwork required to get a loan in the US (who does?). Canadians must be notarized by a US notary and that requires either flying to the US to sign, making an appointment at a US embassy and waiting in line, or finding an American notary with US book and jurat... They can wire funds to a US escrow - they go to their bank a convert the funds to US dollars and wire. They can open US checking accounts with an ITIN number (The IRS issues ITIN numbers to them with about 2 week turn time. Their court system is different than our real estate law. Canadians have a fear of US court systems and think we are all suing each other. There are a number of Northern neighbor gurus who sell classes , books, seminars on how to get rich buying US investment properties - some are awful. // US resident buying in Canada (I've bought once) - abide by their system. Canada is user friendly
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Sometimes referrals are about finding a good agent rather than just selling a lead.
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I never had a chance, but I'm curious how do you actually handle referral fees. Any different than inside States?
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I haven't had the opportunity to do a referral with anyone from Canada yet. I look forward to having that opportunity someday.
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I had one set of buyers from Canada, but they were not selling their home there. So I never had the occassion.
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If anyone needs a realtor in the DC metro area - I volunteer to be that person!
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Val - This is a really good question, since we seem to get lots of Canadians buying second homes here. However, I have never given or received a Canadian referral, so I would rely on my broker for the correct answer.
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I have never received referrals from our Canadian friends and I have never sent any referrals to them.
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Val. Real Estate agents can refer buyers and sellers but from what I see is you are not licensed so you are able to give referrals but are not allowed to receive any compensation in terms of a commission.
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