Has anyone ever experienced this sort of situation?

Every once in a while I'll get motivated to search for grants to help me expand my portfolio and add to my cash flow but I've yet to find anything nor have I heard of any success stories.

You will certainly learn a lot more and get experience in all sorts of areas.

Other motives for the property isn’t just investment, but also to be able to have our own beach vacation rental we can go to once we move.

Use some for buy and hold (I personally would prefer apartments rather than buying a few single family homes) and some for lending/trust deed investing.In either category, you must know what you are doing, know how to vet the investment, how to vet the sponsor (if investing in a larger fund of some sort), the laws and regulations on the lending side, how to investigate which areas to invest in buy and hold and notes/trust deeds for that matter.So as you have already said several times, lots to think about . . . 

I help all sorts of investors from all over and those in KC find replacement properties.

I plan to make aggressive offers, 20-30% below market value, to appeal to motivated sellers.I've been considering these areas:BeechviewBrooklinePenn HillsTroy Hill & FineviewI'd love to hear your thoughts on these areas and get some more ideas for potential buy-and-hold properties.Thanks!

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For my thesis, I'm conducting research into the practices and motivations of small landlords in Ontario to explore how various social and economic factors influence their business strategies, day-to-day property maintenance, and tenant interactions.Could anyone refer me to someone who might be interested in participating?

This allows you to make an offer without a HI contingency which is much more competitive than one with the contingency since you are buying the property as is.You can still get the home inspection after you settle to capture all of the detail items.Some HI's will not do this, they might see it as some sort of conflict of interest.