Sure it works to get your money out, but when you when try to rent the property out, you are sitting with vacancies, low quality applications, and if you try to sell you can't nearly get what the home appraised for. 

As I get vacancies I try my hardest to fill those spots with only Section 8 tenants if I can.

However, I'm unsure which of these platforms supports specific search criteria such as non-paying tenants, code violations, absentee owners, vacancies, tax liens, deceased properties, probate, and inheritance.

This includes setting the right rental prices, ensuring high occupancy rates, and minimizing vacancies.

There are differences in buying (BC has a transfer tax, AB doesn't) and AB doesn't have the restrictions on rentals like some parts of BC-with the vacancy tax. 

When we first started we began there as well because we liked the idea that one side  could pay for the mortgage if there was a vacancy.  

I've been focusing on fourplexes as a first investment to spread vacancy risk but the inventory in my driving area is pretty low.

@Michael Rostwhenever anyone says 'great cash flow,' I don't even need to know what state or city it's in - if it's a long term rental with conventional financing at today's interest rates, it's not happening unless unrealistic assumptions are being made like zero repairs, zero capex, zero vacancy ever, zero turnover ever, and 8% rent growth forever.post the numbers here if you want a review.

Research the local economy, crime rate, property inspection, market rents, vacancy rates, and consider financing options, tenant screening, and zoning laws.Good luck!

There are pros and cons to long term and short term from a rental management side, and purchase/acquisition.Long term = lower vacancy, lower expenses, potentially lower revenueShort Term = higher vacancy, higher expenses, potential for higher revenue, financing is more expensive than long term rentalsWatch out for local STR regulations, they vary from city to city.