You pay a higher price for beautiful properties because you are competing with owner occupants. 

I own an event venue and would like to connect with other event owners and aspiring event owners.

Your property taxes will also be higher as you can't use the home owner's grant.There might be local RE meet ups in Vancouver area where you can go and listen to what others have to say. 

I guess really you’re not paying it, the owners are.

The current owner listed last years income as $51,000, but currently has rents at (for the five separate units): $650, $750, $800, $825, $1125 (the math doesn't totally add up so maybe he changed a rent payment at some point). 

Gordon is the owner, I doubt whether he could completely hide behind his LLC to protect personal liability. 

However if you are looking at commercial properties a lot of them will be owned by corps and then it will still be hard to find the actual owners!

The previous owner took exceedingly good care of the building and there was nothing that need to be done except to raise the rents.

Most banks don't really know how to do that because they cater to SFH owner-occupants. 

What are other ways to get this property with out having to owner occupy, FHA, conventional?