To me, learning how to find leads, assessing a property, and negotiating the deal is fundamental in real estate.

There are some fundamental hold metrics that are more important depending on strategy.

I can’t think of a (somewhat) major city in Canada with the fundamentals that Windsor has. 

If this property still meets your fundamental goals don't drop it just to chase the new thing.

I know there are probably some fine tune details to get it cleared but fundamentally would someone be able to use collateral for new Multi-family construction?

Am I missing some fundamental here?

It is a competitive market, so deals are hard to find no matter how you define them, but stay at it and be disciplined about it ... strong supply & demand fundamentals cut both ways; that which is hard to buy in the short term is generally easy to sell or rent and tends to appreciate in the long term.

I agree with Taz about this fundamental mis-assumption: rent = 10% of purchase price.

I really need to get something fundamentally clear here.

Both office and retail real estate are fundamentally changing.