Its got to be better than sitting at a job. 

The one bleeding out on all the "and-then's" or the one sitting back with premium inventory that premium tenants will pay premium rents for, just accruing equity for a few more years to rinse and repeat before cap-x/maintenance cycle starts. 

I’m curious if anyone would recommend to not post a listing at this time of the year, as it hurts the listing by sitting and you lose a lot of the “New Listing!”

You should not be a sitting target.

Prices haven't fallen, and rents haven't moved up enough.Investors either need to work harder, be more creative, accept negative cash flow, or sit on the sidelines. 

Good neighborhoods, excellent schools, and literally--where does the house I want sit in the actual neighborhood...I say does it look like a $650K house area when I'm done?

I would be buying into a sellers market in almost any Albertan city.Alberta also worries me as it is known to be super volatile for short periods of time and then sit dormant for up to a decade. 

Using a heloc as 1st mortgage really only has a major benefit if you have idol cash sitting around from your paychecks. 

Well, I'm not gonna beat you to leave you sitting there in pain.

No it was just like $10k.I overpay for rehab for $15k, House sit on the market for 4 months.