So you opt to post it on Craiglist and you will attract a bunch of people who say that they are "buyers but you have no way of knowing if they can close.

The stigma will attach and some will disregard it due to that fact alone while others will be attracted due to the notoriety. 

You may want to sleep there or use dry gas to attract them...CO2 is what they track.

Or would a decent sized house attract more renters.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

What attracts the best tenants?

No offense as I'm sure you're serious too, but someone who brings $1000 or  $2500 to the table is going to attract my attention more than a buck.

Paying off student loan debt at 6.8% is a very attractive alternative. 

With wholesaling you will want higher spreads to attract more investors.

Account ClosedYes, BC did announce some of their newer regulations - which included the so-called 'speculator levy' - prior to having the data to back the action ... call it "speculative governance" if you might.Now that data is being collected in BC and Ontario (ostensibly for Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe}, we are starting to get a better picture of just "who" the speculators are in those markets and it is seeming as though the "foreign contingent" is not as significant as initial presumed.On your recommendation to explore "Subject To"  deals, I should point out that very manner in which mortgage financing functions in Canada, makes "Subject To" deals less attractive and less common.  

I’ve been looking at areas like Newark, NJ and Philadelphia, PA , which I find attractive due to lower property prices and property taxes.