Hurdle #1.

Is the downpayment your current hurdle between a second home and an investment property?

Prices are just unreasonably high and I don't need to put this stress on myself with a 1031.

The coursework is just a hurdle to make sure people are committed to getting their license. 

On my 2nd career loan, I had to get past this condition because the subject property was more than 100 miles from the employer, which most would consider an unreasonable commute.

The biggest hurdle with the vacancy might be financing.

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I am going to put a punch list together and address anything that is reasonable and request they put in an application to the tenancy board for a dispute resolution for remaining items that are unreasonable. 

Honestly I’m not sure we would’ve gone through with the deal had we known the obstacles we’d be up against, everything from the hurdles in lending, contractors not meeting deadlines, incomplete units that are still un-rentable,  etc.  

I'm definitely struggling with the "shiny object" syndrome that I've heard about on the podcasts because I can't seem to figure out how to just hone in on one location and then build from there.But, assuming I can get past that hurdle and since wherever I look will be pretty far (aka not driveable), does anyone have any thoughts about whether it's realistic to try and buy a multifamily project without first visiting it?