One quick comment/question on the comparison that you illustrate above:From a tax perspective, most investments yield two types of taxable income: ordinary income and capital gain.

This plan will be more work and maybe more reward.If you are able to spend say $5k per unit on the 15 units and raise the rent by $100/mth, that would increase the property value by $15k (using an 8% cap for illustration purposes)

Originally posted by @Nasar Bhegani:...If they choose to list the property with you and it doesn't sell, you could be in the prime position to then buy it....I don't know about any legal issues, but ethically speaking I think Nasar's comment above illustrates a conflict of interest.

I reason I like the debiting/ACH is best illustrated by an example from my experience.

It is a well written book that illustrates the strategy of wealth creation in real estate has stayed pretty much the same over the past 60-70 years.  

One of the biggest benefits to our model is that we DON'T have to sell the properties for a profit to earn a good return- we make double digit returns every year from the rent income alone... we provide a 3 to 5 year expectation to illustrate that this is a longer-term investment.

In my previous post I was trying to illustrate that some of the items in your initial list were not {closely} related and others were not merely arbitrary regulations or excises forced upon foreign investors, but exist for practical reason and are common business practices {not just in Canada}.Under the residential tenancy act in most provinces, there is a distinction between the "normal" termination of a tenancy at the end of term (Note that in some situations and jurisdictions, only the tenant is afforded the right to decided to terminate the tenancy) and termination with cause - which is commonly achieved through an eviction.The concept of "buying out" the tenant from their lease does occur, but it is a practice typically outside of the legislation (save for situations where the landlord  is entitled to exercise {early} termination - such as taking personal possession of a unit, carrying out significant renovations, or demolishing the property.   

I want to be more financially intelligent as Robert Kiyosaki illustrates in his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad."

I would make a list of your repair items and put a cost and time frame to them to help illustrate the cash needed and when.    

For this used Indesign, though Illustrator would be best.