I've heard stories on the podcast of financing 75% conventionally through the bank and basically doing seller financing on the down payment, so 25% to them.

Yes, @Chris Seveney, this is basically what their model is.

You provide an excel sheet with basic information about the companies and they return all the contact info you could want for about $0.15 per lead.I have not been able to find an equivalent for Canada.

There is basically zero chance of that occurring.  

Basically they missed the loss to lease figure and would be breaking even in the first few years.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

The fee for this service is basically passed down to the guest one way or another.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

I wasn’t prepared to lose so much of my savings as carrying cost basically I paid for the tenants to live there for 3 months + my own living expenses in that time.

The basic demo was complete and the property was ready for reassembly when we bought it, leaving fewer surprises.