I usually print out the market rent provided by Zillow and a few other websites. 

I've consulted a few times over the years with planners and with the way I buy properties, my liquidity requirements, and my concerns about about how government overspending affects the future, makes me a poor candidate for IRAs and 401(k)s with the stifling regulations.   

I have this theory that basically the stock market can grow faster than the fundamentals more so than housing, reason being when people put money into their 401k or whatever they are just throwing money in, not looking at p/e or whatever, the stock market is in part just an index of Americans excess savings plus it’s a unstated policy of the government that stocks go up, where as housing people are obviously very very aware of how much thier monthly payments is/ how much rent is, plus it seems that is actually a push to lower housing prices at least relative to inflation.

Furthermore, California has a very anti-landlord and anti-real estate investor government that can cause you all sorts of other problems as well. 

If the rental is in Alberta, here's the info from the government webpage. 

One other market-wide factor I’d throw in is local government policies.

Ultimately you can only hold it down so far and the government will eventually get their money. 

Why do you think purchase contracts are so long and have such small print?

It could be fast tracked or it could take 6+ months as government stuff normally does. 

It seems like there was a lot of hype at the government level but owner/occupied demand hasn't been what they thought it would be.