We did get much lower costs when we changed to minisplits but the initial cost is high.

Hope you didn't pay anything to an S8 "guru"!

Speaking with the seller's agent, all the tenants are current on rents and pay rents on time.

I find that I am doing just as much work using Pricelabs than I was pricing it myself, so why pay more.  

It's amazing how cheap it can get when you're paying physical cash and having your contractor pick it up at the warehouse.

It takes a couple of calls to schedule, then they pay the invoice.

They pay for it. 

.- Cities like Toronto will levy another tax (Vacant Home tax) equivalent to 1% of the current assessed value of the property if the property is not occupied (rented, owner-occupied, family occupied, all count as occupied)- Land Transfer Tax: while the Province of Ontario charges anywhere between 0.5 - 2% of Land Transfer Tax when your transaction closes, you should expect to pay this amount twice if the property is in the City of Toronto .

Remember the more work they do, the more you have to pay them.

You will get some of these as well (This inquiry was for one of my 1500 SF 2 Bed + home office units)..... but by no means does this investment strategy warrant paying for a course.