Should that cost comparison be a factor to choose one over other? 

@Patrick Kavanagh FosterProperty prices may be low in comparison to parts of Ontario, but they are up considerably from 18-months ago ... a fair amount of "money from away" has been flowing into the City.  

You match them up in their top condition to see which one really is better.If you are going to make a fair comparison between a marketing company and someone doing it in-house,  don't compare a marketing company with sweet old 56 year old Margaret that has a family of 5 with no time to really give it them all.

The best way I've found to make this decision is to compare the activities with your goals, both short- and long-term, decide which will have the biggest ROI (considering expected growth/success in comparison with time/financial investment), and commit to those activities for a set amount of time, usually 4-6 months, before re-evaluating.

A better comparison would probably be what the funds would yield in a 20+ year prediction of SP500 vs. 2 TK properties being slowly paid down and appreciating.

Crazy to expect the LL to be financially responsible for this but from a politician perspective they cannot have the tenants suffer more than having their personal items damaged (which is significant but not in comparison to the LL who has damage to the units).By the way the vote was 4 to 1. 

Hello BP, I'm currently shopping around mortgage loan for my first house hacking purchase.Currently I have couple options for mortgage program from a few lenders and I'd like to hear advice from you to choose the best...

Clackamas is much more landlord friendly in comparison, yet is still only 15 minutes from downtown.

This is reflected in our regional rates comparison chart which shows reported cap rates rose between 41 and 83 basis points, depending upon region and property classification.

They build very little housing in comparison to the actual need.