I suppose if you owned a property in an area with poor/no property management facilitators, and you wanted to turn your property into STR, there might be some value in letting someone else do it who can make more money than you can, but generally the pieces don't really fit together all that well.

We genuinely like each piece and have reasons to keep each in house.

This allows you to own a piece of property while also growing the value of the home. 

My best piece of advice would be to stay consistent try not to get too hung up on “deals” that aren’t deals!

The Canadian Revenue Agency will want a piece of every US property you buy and sell (especially the sell part - capital gains!)

What kind of mail piece? 

To me it's worth it for the piece of mind.

It’s a hit to your budget, but they are pieces you can acquire and use for future flips so the right pieces can be a good investment.

But again, figuring out the actual ARV is very challenging and my realtor partners have not been able to find adequate comps - only for the residential piece.

I just made sure all the pieces came together.