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PM is fine if you don't want global sharing.I've been using Airtable (which is excel like but let's me attach receipts to rows).  

With homes that qualify for normal loans, cash offers are stronger than buyers with loan contingencies as long as there's not a bunch of other contingencies in the offer gumming it up, anyway  -- so you can sometimes beat out other offers, even higher offers, that require loan approval, but many sellers would consider a solid offer with a loan pre-approval over a much lower cash offer, so the pricing benefit of all cash is reduced in homes that readily qualify for loans.        

More specifically, how National and global issues affect the housing market positively and negatively.

More specifically, how National and global issues affect the housing market positively and negatively.

There are thousands of banks in the country and a handful are global scumbags.

I started looking for value ad opportunities and changed from duplexes to single family for a more hands off management, which is what I needed to scale up while still working for a global company.The following years the rehabs got more involved and the properties got more expensive, because I started to realize that only a certain quality of neighborhood would allow me to do a full blown gut rehab and not lose equity in the process. 

Detroit demands a very specific geographic analysis and execution of that analysis...and not a global economic trend analysis.Does the auto industry play a role?...

Not necessarily a deal killer, but you will need to find a commercial lender willing to underwrite you based on global income, experience, etc, and you will not get a 30 year fixed rate mortgage.

I am on BiggerPockets daily, and continue to be inspired by the webinars and forums which have been VERY helpful in my education.Since Canadian market/regulations are different from the US, I wanted to start a discussion to learn more about the experiences of Canadian investors: how/where they're investing in Canada (or globally) and any examples of deals or success stories you can share.