I'd done some reading in the past and thought a few of the main Canadian banks had such specialty trust divisions that could help you with plan setup.As for finding investments, networking with other investors, real estate agents, etc. is the way to go.Brian, from what I've heard is that CAN banks  make it extremely difficult to setup. 

There are companies out there who purchase homes, renovate them, sell them to investors and manage for those investors as well on the back end so it can be an extremely passive way to invest.

Achieving excellence in anything generally requires an extreme amount of dedication and time commitment, time that could have been spent doing a thousand other things.

while I totally understand the frustration especially purchasing what was supposed to be a new and ready to go asset, but these things are pretty common so don't feel to discouraged. 

To put a relatively extreme scenario out there, if you offer 3% more than the next guy in cash (no bank debt) and provided a copy of a brokerage account statement showing the cash was available, I am certain you would get the deal.To echo Joshua's comments: how you are planning on financing the deal is hugely contingent on being awarded deals.  

The other two that are commonly used is (1) 100 hours and more than anyone's time in the activity or (2) substantially all the time in the activity. 

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This is a common misconception but we're an online platform where the owner chooses their own price and selects their own tenants.

It makes sense in places where it has temperature extremes.

Should I try to make the deck on the second floor a common space or as part of a large bedroom?