They aren't very bright nor have any money, experience, or credit to help you fix the problems they've made.In my opinion you seem like you're attached to the home which is very dangerous.

Loaded question: "max" without weighing risk-reward profile nor accounting for risk tolerance makes for a dangerous question.

(Sidebar: this same builder decided to create a long cantilevered overhang with laughable/dangerously short back span that has also failed and violates all current codes, but I might create a separate thread for that.)With a little 20lb demolition hammer and a pointy bit, took only 45 mins per room to bust it all up.  

Fewer buyers around = less competition = better deal.Lock in these fantastic low-interest rates for 30 years on a solid San Diego real estate asset.

Diversification - You can own several fourplexes spread across your target market or across several markets as opposed to putting more eggs in fewer baskets.Liquidity - It's quicker and easier to both sell and refinance a fourplex than a larger apartment property.Appreciation - Many investors believe that fourplexes appreciate faster than larger apartment properties.

She said she doesn't ride those vehicles because they are dangerous.

They will want to invest with you in the future.When I bought my first property I knew enough to be dangerous.

With fewer people, fewer homes, and tighter lending than in the U.S., is it possible to find homes undervalued enough to make this strategy successful in Canada?

Too dangerous especially with this hostile tenant.

I hate that sometimes there is no information about the occupants until after the sale and sometimes the occupants are very bad, dangerous people.