I think the key is you have to just always try to look at it with fresh eyes and consider that others are in different points of their trajectory. 

Highly recommend starting close to you so you can get eyes on the property if you do decide to purchase a true rental. 

I am eyeing up a property I want to buy that costs much more than usual so my plan was to use a hard money loan to purchase, and rehab it with my own money, then sell. 

The affordablity metric of Canadian RE works as follow: the closer your are to centres like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, the more expensive the property will be and t gets pricier, in the eye of those epicentres. 

In my eyes, everyone is truly soon-to-be accredited, my goal after meeting Dave at age 22 was to be accredited by the age of 30 (income and net worth) and if I stay on track I will be!

I'll keep an eye out for that.

As you grow your portfolio, keep an eye out for lenders who offer low down payment options for investors or those that allow leveraging the equity from your existing properties to fund new ones. 

I have recently been keeping my eye on the Madison County area so it is good to hear there are some opportunities there.We are interested in finding properties with potential for ADU so I will definitely reach out to Nita Cook, thanks for the recommendation.

I'm advising folks to keep a close eye on Clay, Cicero, North Syracuse, the neighborhoods including and surrounding Eastwood, and the neighborhoods by the university.

If your manager is just 'keeping an eye' on things, collecting/reminding on a few rents here and there and some light cleanup while being compensated in free or reduced space rent then classifying them as 1099 subcontractor is great.