You will find that they often have several properties and the longer they have owned them, the more options they might be looking for to liquidate.

Have you ever had a tenant that you are in court evicting ask you to come spray for bugs?...

I am more or less tapped out of liquid cash but have a great relationship with my lender and am good at finding and managing profitable companies. 

I have about $20,000 liquid that I can tap into from savings, which I would use a portion for the down payment, and my credit score is 710-714 so I'm not opposed to obtaining financing through a local bank or credit union for financing.Also, what additional books, materials, or resources would you recommend that I could read to get myself more familiarized with this form of real estate investing?

I have liquidated a few investment properties I had in my own name so now I only have my primary residence in my name and then one investment property out-of-state in my LLC name. 

I have capital deployed in very rewarding places that I'm not comfortable liquidating for the down payment yet, however i do have roughly 20k+ in my 401k through my workplace Fidelity account that i would gladly put towards real estate..

Now our cleaning crew does put out liquid soap in the kitchen and bathroom sinks but that’s it.

It kills your liquidity as you throw good money after bad.Do you mind sharing the Edmonton property #s?

But differences aside, REITs have some advantages - They are very liquid. 

It takes a lot of money to get little bit back each month through investments, you're about to start a new life keep the cash/liquidity.