Hope Second Street can be helpful when the time comes.

I've looked at shared rooms for months in different Canadian cities noting price movement. 

The investment city determines rent growth rate, appreciation, and income longevity.What determines rent growth?

Hi everyone, How long does eviction take in Kansas City?

You also mentioned meters, do you have to separate meters, get approval from the city and pull permits?

Do both cities zoning make it very hard to build 2-4 unit properties? 

Absolutely, the passive income from owning rentals is great but I also love getting into big projects and seeing the transformation from start to finish@David Jesperson What city/market are you looking to buy and what type of properties are you looking for, SF, 2-4 MF, or 5+ MF?

The only solution I see is connecting them to city sewer which won't work 95% of the time. 

From what I've heard, CA is very ADU friendly so check with your city on what's allowed.

For the areas of interest (you are local so I'll say suburbs west of City Line Avenue) there are few and far between -and- have many investors sitting on large sums of cash to jump on anything that comes up (where I would be navigating a reverse 1031.)