Now, this means you will need to look for more off market deals and create the right relationships to find said deals however, buying in strong or ascending markets should be the goal.

Once upon a time 10% was standard here ... but with the "forever ascending" real estate prices most Canadian markets have witnessed over the past two decades, deposits as a percentage of price tag have dropped dramatically.I disagree with @Arlan Potter, 10% is not way too much.  

Without a doubt I'll be ready to ascend to 10+ units if I keep up at this rate.So all of you new guys out there who haven't purchased your first property yet.

Then we started to spill over ourselves as we got some of the same problems that drove people out of the earlier cool cities, and you ended up with the rapid ascendance of Denver, Austin, etc.

The market is not ascending like that any more, and the flip deals are marginalized.  

National Multifamily Index (NMI) Several markets with favorable supply-and-demand balances and momentum in hiring made large moves to ascend to the top spots in the 2017 National Multifamily Index (NMI).Los Angeles advanced 11 places in the Index from one year ago to take the highest position in 2017 behind a forecast for further tightening in vacancy and minimal supply growth.

I focus on 78757 (zone 2) and I'm constantly astounded by how high the sales prices keep ascending. 

Yes, I agree but Trump's ascendancy will create a new motivation for reducing risk and exposure in certain communities.

Many factors will go into that decision.Check out my youtube channel Ascending Abundance where I aim to share my experience of striving towards financial freedom. 

I spent my teenage years at the other end of the Valley.Things here in the Maritimes - Halifax aside - are not seeing the ascend in prices that central Canada and the left coast have experienced.