I used to live in the lower mainland but invested where the numbers work like Vancouver Island or Northern BC.

From the sound of it, the cheap debt is not really a motivator at all for you.

Quote from @Mackaylee Beach: I think these times (the last two years), and this year are the ones that will give birth to some of the best investors.

I would like Ca population to decrease over the next 10 years.  

In fact most of the rental SFH we have sold to owner occuoants.

Yea, the guide is a living document that I've updated several times throughout the years.

Look at the ARV doing a CMA or looking at comps.

BP is free and as a next level above, you can join any one of the big national RE brokerages that have much bigger networks, better education, and provide access to legitimate lenders instead of private lenders who may or may not be legit. 

I knew going in, it was going to be the CODB.

How did you find the deal?