I suggest finding the right people and putting together a long term plan of attack.There isn’t one magical property, or investment that will not have its ups or downs.Safety comes in numbers and every property you buy needs to get you a step closer to achieving your end goal.Focus on the fundamentals of the deals and the numbers within themUnder estimate your income and over estimate your expenses Forget about capital appreciationThanks for your attention and I"m looking forward to hearing your thoughtsYour favorite AussieEngelo 

Just trying to learn more about the basic fundamentals of whosaleing.

Current sales went down but prices are still climbing.We recently invested in Victoria as it has the correct economic fundamentals in place (GDP, Unemployment rate, transportation and population growth)Banks in Canada have always been careful as far as lending (which has sheltered us from the 2008 real estate crash) and there’s no signs of seeing that change in the near future.

In fact there is no comparison.We got mid-term elections coming up, we got a major trade-war brewing, and we got capital markets that have long been way over priced (in terms of fundamentals). 

Define your goals,Then once you have your goals set then start reading books to get the fundamentals down. 

Real estate is fundamentally a very long-term play.

it would be the same exact thing with a HELOC in that once you paid it off hopefully you have some money left over which you could consider is pre paying interest on your next HELOC. but nothing changes the fundamentals of the fact that if you're borrowing money the rate you pay for that money including fees is your cost   for that money

I’m scouring the country looking for a similar case or a legal expert with experience with whether such information is "private" and members who legally obtain it can be forced to keep it secret, or whether a fundamental First Amendment right to free speech might apply, especially where an owner has never signed any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement before or after buying in.Thanks!

Prices are high, expenses are high, and rents are modest so the strategies that can get you enough to live on, to give some examples, might be student housing, higher risk cities with low house prices and poor economic fundamentals, or starting with buying a multi-million dollar portfolio requiring hundreds of thousands or a million+ of down payment. 

@Daniel M Gibson sticking to fundamentals and your "gut" is always the best course.Unlike 99% of the investors on this site, my take is that investing for cash flow is a bad idea...it creates a jaundiced view of how things work...meaning that investing is about controlling assets as wisely as possible...not immediate cash flow.I use seller carried loans routinely because I'm in for the long haul (and I don't need rental income to survive)...as long as the purchase price makes sense, I could care less about income...the concept is debt paydown and future equity.