These Toronto investors think cashflow is like a unicorn, so show them some cash-flowing partnership deals that you can run in Sarnia and they'll be dumb not to buy in.

I've established HELOC on several of my properties recently but both banks I use are regional here. 

WHO is your tenant base is it local,regional, or national industrial type tenants?

I know there are excellent opportunities in that region of the country.Check out the "Local Forums" to connect with local investors and  "Real Estate Events and Happenings"  to see local meetups.Good luck on finding your first deal!

My markets (Arizona, Texas, Washington) are doing very well right now, thank you very much.I saw a chart that basically Vancouver, Toronto, Seattle are too hot to handle.

Not exactly 1% but fairly closeWow, that's much better than I have seen in Toronto since I started looking recently.

Try your local or regional banks.  

I currently hold two in the same building that have been rented out to the same tenants for the last two years and are run by a management company (I live in Toronto)I’m thinking of picking up a couple more since the prices have dropped.

According to this article, the region added 3,348 jobs last year which is quite impressive.

When you have such a major area like the Bay Area and Sacramento regions within 2-3 hours drive and lots of high wage earning individuals in those markets I would believe they will continue to vacation there.