Of course Vancouver's cycles are not the same as Alberta, but wherever you are investing in Canada, I recommend reading Secrets of the Canadian Real Estate Cycle by Don Campbell - learning this stuff gave me confidence in choosing a market and buying.

Here's a secret....All my multifamily I have bought in the Bay Area I found on loopnet.

There are countless contractors out there offering "cash discounts", which is secret code for I don't pay taxes.

Just to name a few there is OSU college which is a real estate super power that develops land and buildings at a crazy pace, L Brands (Victoria Secret and Bath and Body Works), and Battelle a well-known large government research facility. 

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I have no idea how many keys were floating around or secretly copied. 

There are no silver bullets or secret sauce to anything related to real estate.

RE Investors= Smartest investors in the World, holders of the great secret truth. 

What you mean this amazing deal didn't just come from a secret marketing strategy that you can learn by buying someone's 2,000 course?!?!

I have no idea if our HOA funds pay his lawyer, if he pays himself to plow our road (they refuse to hire anyone to maintain it, he does it just fine himself), there are serious drainage issues that won't be addressed, and a litany of other questions that should be answered before forcing a vote.I have yet to move into my house but it seems all of these sudden changes have to do with the Presidents hatred for one family that owns multiple lots (all new covenants and bylaws are aimed at one family, the president even held a secret zoom meeting with us and another new family to steer our vote the way he would like AND mildly trash talk one specific family).Isn't there a law in Indiana to protect homeowners from being forced to vote on such a major decision without providing adequate resources for us to determine if this is right for the community?