We lost everything a few years later as we got too too speculative in 2008.

@Clint Shelley   well no plans were detailed last night between the name calling and such.just speculation but maybe BIDEN's thought is tax credits to do certain work..

That turns a cash flow analysis into speculating. 

They did not have cash to dig themselves out, their cash was invested in multiple things to help them grow faster. most recently I read the bubble in the sun book about the Florida land speculation boom in the 1920s.

Not all provinces have the speculation tax, but some do. 

When I look at it I mainly look at cash flow because appreciation is speculation and I know if my cash flow is good I can sit on that property forever.

They are neoliberals--aka cronies of Big Business/oligarchs--using populism (in this case, liberalism) to crash the housing market so that small landlords are forced out of business and the biggest developers and speculators own it all. 

Either you just know lots of people/network, do lots of your own speculating, or you pay for it in advertising.National Association of Realtors’ own stats put it something like ~75% of new realtors quit in the first year and by the third year something like ~90% to 95% have quit.If you really want to do it, try it out part time.

This is COMPLETELY up in the air and speculative at best. 

One of the key distinctions I've learned in real estate is this one:  investing versus speculating.