My wife and I currently live in Surrey BC, however she is an American working as a health care professional in Bellingham so we are actually looking to house hack our first purchase somewhere near Blaine or Lynden.I initially joined bigger pockets for the educational material and tools, but when I realized there was a whole ecosystem of people on here I became pretty excited to meet and network with other experienced real estate investors and agents in the area.Our short term goal is to house hack a 4-plex somewhere north of Bellingham and then once we have taken that first step we can start to look outwards in terms of investments.

Our market is much healthier now than it was before the crash.

I honestly don't exactly trust the values, numbers, estimates that are already present in the Zillow, Realtor.com, Trulia, etc. ecosystem.  

I think when it softens we will see a healthier market here.

If it's deal-based, they also bring you into a eco-system where they control all parts of the deal: hard money financing, wholesaling fees, property management fees, sales commissions, etc.

I like 1.3 – 1.4 minimum, which results in healthier CF.There are others, but you’ll be fine to start with these.

It is my nature to want to counsel and encourage them and find a healthier spot for them and the kids to live.

If they have been going up just a little each year expect a large increase as the cities and counties are now looking for money in what they deem a healthier economy.

I am in Brad Sumrok's program and the "eco-system" that Brad facilitates is amazing!

You will quickly find out that Real estate investing is not one animal it is a entire eco system that you need to get very familiar with before you spend your hard earned funds.