You can't just call and get legal advice over the phone.I imagine the longer the neighbor does nothing here with respect to protecting "her" land, the easier your quiet title action will be.

You can pour an additional $100k into the property's principle in year 1 but that equity won't do you any good unless you refi, sell, or take out a HELOC (i.e. your monthly payments will be unchanged)... make your money work while you do, invest elsewhere 

I would imagine this would incredibly difficult to discover so not sure how you're doing that.

A 10 year amortization really helps build equity quickly, but you'll be pouring an extra thousand a month into the property during that time (rough guess, figure out all your expenses). 

@Minh NguyenThat’s insane I would never invest in commiefornia Your laws are so wacked out I can’t imagine why anyone would even want to own rentals there

yes so true I would imagine that they would have to be highly motivated

Unfortunately, there isn't enough investor or owner occupied money being poured into parts of these sub-communities so they continue to remain stagnant in terms of growth. 

@Jackson SandlandI don’t imagine a single business would have a real effect on property prices .

Second, I can't imagine the deposit covers the outstanding $1600 so the problem doesn't go away by giving up the deposit, the figure just gets smaller.2) The late payer.

I would imagine being understaffed is the new normal if businesses want to stay in Vancouver proper.