Emphasis the features and benefits, get them excited, and when they show and decide not to rent... ask them what is preventing you from making this your home today?

Emphasis on occasionally because it's quite depressing to see what's become of that area. 

Find a Sponsor that places a major emphasis on conservative underwriting.

@Todd Rasmussen and @Mark S, conventional wisdom suggests that people use a Quitclaim deed to transfer property to their own LLC, based on a perception (emphasis on 'perception') that the lender won't notice or care about the transfer when using a QC deed.  

But our Canadian comrades do a lot for the global war on terror.

"If you find it (a deal), They will (the $) come"Every real estate investor I've met with for guidance/counsel & most every book I read  puts the emphasis on finding a great deal and you'll be able to find the $$$. 

Southern Ontario is VERY expensive, even compared to global market levels.Continued success!

I now place much greater emphasis on her opinion.Secondly, the very process of convincing your spouse to move forward is healthy.  

Everyone should consider this these days....some very smart RE investors even combine the two. 1/3 of global production is tech, and one 1/3 of that is in San Fran/ San Jose.

Here is some more news:Schlumburger cuts 9000 jobsThat's for the whole company, not just Houston.The merger between Halliburton and Baker was expected to cause 20k job cuts across the global companies caused from redundancies, but the timing is pretty bad now that oil prices are falling.