Remember, you don’t have $965 of cash to invest, you have equity, which will cost you money to access.

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

Think across the river or highway from the East End, or south/north of downtown in neighborhoods that have easy access to the city and walkable downtown areas.

I'm not familiar with Canadian regulations but you should look into how you can get access to money if you don't have any.

- Can be a big challenge when tenants are involved for access!

Just struggling to find any good leads with not much access to mls and other paid services.

Keeping your cash flow separate is smart, but you might as well make that money work for you.I’d look into a high-yield savings account or money market account—at least you’ll earn some interest while keeping it accessible.

It normally doesn't cost you any money to open and to be able to access that large amount of equity to buy or stabalize your current portfolio allows you so much more opportunity costs.For instance, I took a $200K LOC out on my primary residence when I first started in real estate.

In order to have checkbook control, the IRA account will need to be at a trust company that will allow the IRA to invest in an LLC (where you will be the manager and your IRA will be member - an as manager you will have checkbook access to the LLC bank account).

Cameras are motion-activated, can give you alerts, you can record the video and access it from anywhere, etc.