And on the tax side your thinking like mainstream, not like an investor, your not thinking creatively, there is more ways to get paid than a standard wage.I understand and respect that your a CPA although I believe in this aspect it is your greatest hindrance as what your referencing is just the singular mainstream non-creative method of doing things, I am speaking to creative solutions, legal creative solutions which I myself, personally, currently employ and have done so for the past several years, all without fail or problem with exception of last year where the IRS contact saying I was owed MORE and they sent me $1,500.00 back.I have financial institutes lending to me on this strategy, they all understand my accounting completely, I have even credit vendors who as well do not penalize me 1 drop and too extend any credit I require, matter of fact I have a zero limit card right now which I personally obtained while showing less than 30k annual profits on the bottom line year over year.

This is from the condo Singular Dream (referenced in RETA promo note below) owners chat group:1.

You could theoretically do it with one property if you have a short-term rental, materially participate (don't need to rise to being a real estate professional for this) and accelerate your depreciation for a singular year.

She also says they can be very lucrative, but you have to a diligent team this singular project will be 5-10 years. 

I'm sure there's not one singular place to find four plexes, but do you know of any other places I'd be likely to find four plexes?

So when the opportunity came to us to buy US properties, we took it, and are growing it in a way that will secure our ability to pursue more deals in the future, while opening up better markets - This is hard to do as a singular Canadian Investor, which is why we chose to help others, because they can help us achieve this goal. 

Perhaps that singular focus perspective was possible 15 years ago.

Or maybe you get it under contract to ballon in 5 years, but negotiate the terms to be you can pay off a singular property at a time once you fix it up, refinance it and get a new loan. 

I can (potentially) "disrupt" the entire RE & I industry, with a singularly POWERFUL (mind shifting) USP.

Seems to me the bigger problem is the coming economic Singularity where all jobs are automated by artificial intelligence.