@Renee CossRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

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Some other copy & paste advice:Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

You should usually expect an appraiser assigned to any file to be in touch within 24-72 hours max. 3 weeks you’ve been waiting to get contacted for appraiser is too long for refi, something seems off?

If that is the case, to understand this you have to look at the previous year's taxes for valuation - especially what the taxable value was for the prior owner.I suspect this is very much a first time buyer's issue - where you weren't expecting the increase, but typically there is an increase to market value.  

Purchase price, make ready cost and expected annual gross revenue?

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One thing to be careful with is the last 3 years have been atypical for the Calgary market, it's been a good run, but don't expect these kinds of returns long term.

For example, if I wrote off $20,000 of deductible expenses for my property in my personal return and my effective federal tax rate was 25%, then I would expect the see an additional $5,000 (25%) included in my tax rebate for that year.

That said, expect to deal with a fair amount of fluff leads.The two best strategies I’ve found are inbound methods: direct mail and Google Ads.Direct mail can be expensive, but it can also yield highly discounted properties.Google Ads, on the other hand, doesn’t require data extraction like calls, direct mail, or texting.