My focus is on providing either turnkey-style space for those interested in temporary, infrequent use or long-term leasing for business folks who require conference room space (or perhaps event space).

My focus is on providing either turnkey-style space for those interested in temporary, infrequent use or long-term leasing for business folks who require conference room space (or perhaps event space).  

Go to local meetups, search these forums for people that have mentioned that they do private lending and attend other RE events.

Going to networking events is a great place to meet people.

In your scenario you'd have a potential tax event on that $200K difference.Here's a creative way to access most of that money tax free however. 

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Large deposits are nice, but very difficult to actually get access to escrow funds in the event of default.

I'm also intrigued by the Shovler.com app, but I fear being left hanging in the event of a big snowfall.

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Attend in person networking events in your area (there are many in and around Vancouver).