This is pure conjecture however from a parent of three.  

As others have mentioned there are ways to get properties with only 5%/10% down, however in my opinion this strategy is the most useful for a pure buy&hold play.If you're looking to BRRRR then putting 5% down isn't optimal, because you'll be hit with CMHC fees right off the bat, and you'll have to increase your equity in the property past 20% anyways before you can touch any of the appreciation you forced through renovations.

Do you want to buy it purely as an investment?

We also live on one income and invest the other into pure rentals.

I honestly cannot understand PeopleWho require garbage disposalsI think it's pure lazinessFirst world mentalityScrape your plate in the trash bin And use your strainers sheesh!!!

Finding the private investor, by the way, was pure luck - I just posted a $500 "Finders Fee" on Facebook (That was before I knew about BP) and within a day I was talking to a friend of a friend of a friend and we hit it off.

Thus, in many cases you may be indifferent as to whether you would pay off an investment property or a primary residence quicker from a purely tax deduction perspective. 

Over the cobblestone on the outside was a 1/2 inch thick facade that looked like a block foundation (purely aesthetic).

When it comes to East Hartford it almost purely a MFH search, that or SFH I can turn into MFR.Enfield, East Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Manchester are my BRRRR areas.

"C" is small, but desirable purely because it has road frontage.