@Lucas DeAndrade how much knowledge do you think you've accumulated about the Akron market?

Does anyone work for or have had good experience with any particular brokerage or know anyone that may be hiring? 

you know you get a good hail storm and the storm casher/roofers are out in force telling everyone insurance will replace your roof.. they cold call you..

If you're willing and able, I do recommend the "house hacking" strategy which is just a fancy name for buying a rental property and living in one of the units, because you'll get very favorable financing - an owner-occupied fixed-rate 30-year mortgage.I'd also say, analyze that property as if you won't live there and it's a pure rental, and make sure the property is still cash flow positive if there's a tenant in your unit because then you'll know if it's actually a good investment.And when you analyze it, include payment of a property manager in your #s because if you don't, and doing so would make it go cash flow negative, then you've just bought yourself a job because you literally can't step away from managing it without losing money.

Add to that there is currently a ban on foreign buyers in Canada (only a few exceptions and as far as I know they all involve living here).Capital gains taxes apparently used to be higher (before my time). 

As part of that, I'd like to tap into some of my current equity, but I don't know that it makes sense. 

And thats not including how long it takes.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Hard to tell but I know some of those wouldn't fly in some places.

How should I go about financing this?