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My husband and I used to host monthly investor meet ups in town and used to beat ourselves up on this very topic.   

I came across this article and it seems like there is a push for this and to make basement/cellar apartments legal but still hasn't happened.

In your case, you have very limited room to lose.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl... you might want to take a look at this very long thread. 

@Bob WaliaI'm a fellow Canuck who's been investing in STRs in Mexico and the Riviera Maya for a few years now and have responded to hundreds of posts on the topic.

I am currently in the process of two single-family builds in Florida and would love to answer any questions or just talk shop whenever.Keep an eye on the trending articles because we pretty much all have the same questions and this community is great about giving well-thought-out and relevant responses. 

James,I've been seeing a number of articles recently about the downside of container structures. 

Local Facebook groups of investors or subreddits can also be huge.2) Attend local meetups and REIA meetings, these can be great to meet potential clients and other contacts to source deals3) Friends and family CAN work but you should try this: set up a class on real estate investing, have yourself and other folks speak about how to get started and Invite every single person you know and if they're not interested, no problem, ask them if they know anyone that can benefit from that4) Longer term, but you can create content on available delas for Inst and TikTok, Real Estate investing is a hot topic and not many folks use those video platforms to show people real deals and how to get started.Best of luck.

Hi - I published an article here on BiggerPockets on this exact topic - sharing link below, hope it helps!

Honestly, I'm a bit surprised there isn't more discussion about this topic on BiggerPockets, considering how much cold calling some of us do.