He is actually VERY qualified and gave you great advice that you initially were going to ignore:(3) Understand that no matter what property you buy, you are buying someone else's problems.

How do I navigate this seemingly ignorant problem?

So when you see a “for rent” sign, don’t ignore it.

The lender of course required this for financing and the seller, out of ignorance I assume, refused to obtain a written notice from the cell tower company. (2) The cell tower was not paying monthly rent but rather paid an upfront payment of $75k for the 41 years remaining on the lease term.

The truth is, the dream is available for everyone if they just ignore the idiots and focus on their goals.

I'm new to this, so forgive my ignorance, but it seems to me like a "bird dog" is just a wholesaler who's being taken advantage of.

If you're introverted and shy, you'll be ignored and left in the corner eating a piece of pizza wondering where all the deals are at.

Student rental is easy, so ignore what's on market, really I could grab you 4/5 if want those no problem, several of the "old guard" are in process of retiring so that's a simple call.     

Housing prices in two of our larger cities (Vancouver and Toronto) are also crazy high (eg $1M to buy a starter home)...actually in Vancouver proper at the moment the cheapest home (single family, not strata) is $1.2M...surprisingly (to me) in Toronto the cheapest home on the market is $650K (ignoring some listed for $1 as clearly there is a catch).Our mortgages work differently than in the US, and what we get for rates are only locked in for 1-5 years (typically) and then we have to renew at whatever the current rates are. 

I get the 'professional silence', and have been told imperiously by other landlords that I should just not respond and ignore rambling, and responses definitely encourage more.However I find I have tenants that demand attention, if I don't answer they continue to get louder and angrier, and begin trying to come up with ways to force me to answer and get involved.