Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

I just created a free account to check on one and you still don't get any info until you upgrade to "premium." 

But my mom’s neighbor’s husband passed away a month ago and I found that 2 year rule for MN residents (and other non-community property states.)You should be virtually tax free.

That's six months of free rent (thanks to the tax-payers and a government that loves to be generous with other people's money). 

Free lol

Also, please feel free to share any information you have about those off-market properties

Does anyone know of any local Winnipeg meet ups or online Canadian Real Estate communities?

Purchase was $188k and has been depreciated for 12 years to date.The online Capital Gains calculators show an outright sale losing over 30% to capital gains, depreciation recapture and the 3.8% Medicare tax (an extra stick in the eye).

This would be done by leveraging private funding for down payments that will be payment free for two years but then paid out with a balloon payment plus interest on the back end via a tax excluded sale of our current rental property in two years, giving us a very large payment of tax-free income.Thoughts?

I was reading online and saw that FHA Loans accept auctioned homes but that got me thinking.