Rising land prices are not that common either, and limited to select areas.  

I'll send you a PM to chat further. we have up zone that just happened a lot of parcels allow for higher limits.

I really like the idea of leveraging local contacts for walkthroughs and feedback.

I would love to bounce some ideas and get smarter about the market and investments.

The Gator method isn't just limited to providing funding to wholesalers for earnest money. 

If you think renting to her might be a bad idea, then do not rent to her.

I'll admit yes I did, but only in a couple of situations, it is just so tough the way our system is set up....so you can call me a hypocrite if you like.5) And here is an 'outside the box' idea I've had for a while now - everyone says - "we have to let them all in, no one else will do those jobs".

They make you pay 85K as what they call "your Limited Partner contribution" in your first deal. 

You are limited in your options if something worse should come along later, such as a large investment going bad.If $10,000 CDN is a show stopper for you, how do you expect to manage a $600,000 CDN property? 

However, long story short, yes there is, although I would recommend finding an advisor who is skilled in holistic financial planning that includes not just traditional stock market investments or real estate investments exclusively, but all investment strategies to help in your specific goals.In general though, you can either find a fee-only CFP that has expertise in real estate and other alternative investments, or you can find an advisor who is at the very least willing to have a conversation free of charge prior to any actual investments so they can give you a very good idea of whether they would be able to help you prior to beginning a relationship.