I know that for a good number of elderly people, one of the problems they have regards loneliness or simply maintaining a fulfilling social life.

This is the cheapest and best education you will get overall.3) Best dollars spend on local networking - Apartment Associations meetings/tradeshows/social events.  

@Chuck Taylor  - Our social media is rather poor we need to strengthen that channel.  

He serves in the Canadian military and will be working on a U.S. base nearby for the coming years.

I envision a community with pools, clubhouse, social gatherings, shuttles to nearby shopping and medical, "handyman" type services to help seniors with maintaining their homes and yards, someone who can run errands, etc.

There's a good crowd of Ontario and Canadian investors here at BP.If you're going to rent in Ontario (and I must say, especially in Barrie) you NEED to become intimately familiar with the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) and the how the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) operate.

Unlike passive rental income, the income from an active trade or business is subject to self employment tax (a nasty 15% tax commonly referred to a "social security and medicare" by working folks).

I am not the kind of person to do cold calling (sorry) and i love social media marketing but i need a bit more... 

You made the first step in connecting on the largest social network specifically for the Real Estate Investing industry.

Putting your money in the stock market or expecting social security to take care of you seems more risky to me.