You are also at the mercy of a perfect pay history and to service companies that if a payment is ever late even by accident.

Or, as of now I don't see anything that would prevent an option in which folks could take it a step further and move into their ADU, if they're willing to make a larger sacrifice, and rent out their main property as the STR.

I'm not sure if agent-client confidentiality prevents any agents from posting specifics. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1203206-quest...

Hopefully this post will still be found by people if they ever search for him again to help prevent more people from getting swindled.

This starts early on with preventing what could potentially go wrong by attracting an awesome tenant and looking at what vulnerabilites currently exist in your property.  

And potentially pay for their own buyer-agent.What prevents a buyer agent from misleading a buyer and demanding the signing?

I think the known and unknown tax implications prevent many Canadians from investing south of the border. 

It will make your decisions a lot easier and hopefully it will prevent you from having "bad" tenants.

As with any system quality install and regular preventive maintenance are required. 

We want to put the equity to use, but prices and interest rates are preventing any decent profit from the rentals we can afford.