From fluctuating interest rates to evolving buyer demand, navigating today’s market requires flexibility and strategy.Are you seeing more opportunities in flips, rentals, or commercial properties?

This requires more than I can type here in this reply, but essentially there can be more moving parts unless you do it in a sequence.  

It was never required or nessecarily nessecary.

You could house hack and use the other portion to AirBnb as then you meet the primary residence requirement in B.C.

So when the bank requires insurance for the loan amount.. that will work generally.. 

Real estate requires cash, that's why it's called in-vesting.

Quote from @Kody Smith: without getting too deep into my finances, what my strategy is...1. take loans to buy properties (leverage)2. fix/flip for day to day cash flow income3. use some of the fix/flip income to buy consistent cash flow through:- business acquisition, - commercial properties (MF and store fronts),I have no intention of doing ALL of the management myself, I will hire management as needed (medium term goal)my expected core role is money provider, evaluating the numbers, making decisions, and connecting with investors, wholesalers, lenders, contractors, and property owners.while I am just on step 2 of the journey, I am looking toward step 3 to stabilize, and not worry about if house prices drop mid project or not (or not worry as much) So to be fair this is more about obtaining and growing a real estate business not simply buying rentals for cashflow.

If it requires a mobile closing we use Michigan Investment Title because they willclose anywhere at no cost unless it's a ruralarea but downside is they require wires for everything which alot of title companies are starting to require anyways.

Many guests are fed up with all the chores AirBnb hosts require of them while charging cleaning fee. https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/checklist-fees-screens....

Hard money lenders are much more like banks and come with many restrictions, requirements, due diligence, fees, etc.