If you are planning to rent , think twice, most Canadian provinces are very biased toward tenant, you will be surprised how socialist are some rental laws are in country considered to be capitalist.

Jay - what brings you to Wine Country?

I keep hearing on content i listen/watch that i should watch out from investing in Cook country, Illinois.

She’s also become friends with the management lady—they’re both from the same city in the same country and have some connection.  

Your rejected $290k offer would have yielded 8.85% Cap rate.I don't know your market, but pretty much everywhere in the whole country, it's getting harder and harder to find 8 caps.

Is my train of thought on the correct path?

In my area of the country, the chance of an owner with a small number of properties facing consequences of choosing not to rent to unmarried couples is slim to none...people have larger concerns.

 There are many different ways to create a business model I would definitely make sure I understand all the laws and regulations such as fair housing discrimination fair credit reporting act and local property code before you go down this path you may be creating a lot of extra work in a lot of potential lawsuits and litigation if you’re not versed on the laws that protect tenants  I would just ask yourself what the goal of the reason you’re doing that is if it’s to save a little bit money or not deal with an incompetent property management company then you may want to change companies before you go through all of this work just as a side bar of what you’re trying to do

Vega Sanchez Like all things in life, having cash makes the path easier. 

@Krishonda Johnson you should Google "executive general realty".And you should probably find another career path