@Samuel R.

To help narrow my question down some @Samuel DeMass I'm looking for off market deals.

Samuel Sedore I've been looking at the area for the last 16 months to buy our primary residence and have noticed a 5-7% appreciation.

@Samuel Sedore have you put any of the analysis to work in your market?

I look forward to learning from, growing with, and helping other BP members.Regards,Samuel LevinBroker-Tov, LLC

Originally posted by @Samuel Sedore:In Canada you can deduct interest from your mortgage payments, it just requires some shuffling http://kwcinvestor.com/ I have an article about it.Samuel:Not mortgage interest on your primary residence.Even if you execute what has become known as the Smith manoeuvre, you are deducting the interest in the income withdrawn for investment in income producing vehicle (stocks, bonds, company, real estate) as an expense from your income.  

@Samuel Sedore Thanks for the offer and for reaching out.

Originally posted by @Samuel Sedore:I would do a lease with the option to purchase and wait until the contract expires. 

@Samuel Sedore What I look for when I'm searching for a place to invest - I start with cities with metro area populations upwards of 500,000.

Nathan:An exception I will present to @Samuel Sedore's post above would be if you anticipate a large increase in valuation in one or more properties (i.e. you are buying a dump and breathing life back into it) between the time you acquire it and when you would be transferring it into a Corporation.