And I feel the ideal portfolio can benefit from the diversification of both.I feel directly owned properties are great because they give me maximum control and the ability to tweak them exactly how I want.

C is blue collar areas where they are a decent amount of homeowners living there and people giving a damn and cut there grass.  1 thing newbies like to think is D is ideal for section 8. 

So to answer your question, 2-4 units would be ideal

I specialize in new build duplexes here that offer strong cash flow and long-term growth potential—ideal for diversifying your investments.

Becoming wealthy doesn't change their core it can just help them live their ideal life on a daily basis.

It's not an ideal scenario...

Ideally Equity State: Somewhere Southern which is in close proximity to my home country Jamaica (Florida, Georgia, Texas) 1 . 

Does anyone know a mortgage broker in the Muskoka area that is good with rental properties and ideally is an investor themselves? 

We will use that information to evaluate the ideal location to start with. 

This should ideally take 3 years give or take.