That would be considered a forceable detainer in most jurisdictions.An asset can be further marshaled under court order as would a court appointed receiver or other fiduciary, such as a probate administrator or executor. 

I have graduate degrees in architecture and business administration and have been working as an intern/project designer in architecture firms for 3 years.

do not get carried away, play conservative on your first deal, leave some room for error.3) Find a qualified and experienced contractor, do not settle for cheapest, you want experience here, because their is a significant administrative burden not only paperwork, proper formatting, but also financial constraint on the contractor as these sometimes have $0 prepayment to contractor.

I think you might drown.If your scheduled rent is $2025, you need a vacancy allowance (8 - 10% is a good range unless you know the area well and know the prevailing rate).This brings you down to $1823/month effective revenue.Then you need your operating expenses: maintenance (10%), landscaping, utilities (electricity and gas) for common areas (i.e. laundry), property management, administration, advertising, pest control, etc.    

Without knowing or understand your entree scope of work, if you have more than just paint consider using a 203k certified contractor you can search the 203k contractor database, these contractions will have the proper knowledge in place to be able to assist you with what you are seeking along with completing the administrative paperwork. 

It really only needed a few things.I found an outlet for the pain of losing my father.

I hope to be of service and make this deal work for me or someone else. this approach ive learned from the BP podcasts. the numbers really work its only the *shortsale* thats making it be a painful process. wish me luck and i will continue posting updates. 

The out of whack price/rent ratios are sending me red flags that most Canadian property markets are overvalued and in the short-term anyway, it might be better just to buy a REIT and buy when there's more pain.

I don't know if death being the reason for a change in the household makes any difference...Section 8 program administration details seem to be quite local, so double checking is the best thing to do!  

Not too bad to fix but can be a pain.