Not ready to be investing in faraway lands and I feel like there are good opportunities near me for growth.

From my observations most investors are better off going through a more natural progression of growth.

Canadian population growth and current vary favourable CMHC financing terms are likely mostly responsible for that, and both of those factors are above/more favourable than historical norms, so if your time horizon is long, then I would not count on appreciation/cap rate compression as part of your underwriting.

If you buy in a city with significant and sustained population growth, i.e., with high appreciation, you can use cash-out refinancing to buy additional properties with minimal additional capital from your savings.Lasts throughout your lifetime: For your tenants to continue paying similar rent, they must remain employed at comparable wages.

I personally like to buy in Columbus because of rising values from tech growth.

Rent growth did help with deals continuing to meet the 1% rule though.Similar to your deal that was just shy of a 1% rule when you bought it, it sounds like you have had many major updates to do to each unit as tenants have moved out to get them to market rents.

I'm also right there with you on the BiggerPockets tools, they make running numbers and analyzing deals so much easier.Looking forward to seeing your next deals and hearing about the growth in your portfolio, seems like you’re on a roll!

I will add that investing in a real estate syndication where you have Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT), if you are going to use a self-directed IRA, you might be better off using a Roth IRA, instead of Traditional IRA, due to the tax-free compounding growth of Roth.

Would you find value in a dedicated software tool that centralizes and automates due diligence tasks, track task progress with due dates, and add team collaboration features so you can see who’s doing what at a glance—all your projects, due dates, and task statuses in one place.  

That will kill the immediate growth.