She's older and has trouble navigating digital application systems, but honestly I don't know how hard she's trying.

You'll find digital nomads - if you're in a hip and bustling area you may attract this guest avatar.

Lenders have the same access to title, property taxes, and valuation in Canada with digital tools. 

You might find that their digital edition is helpful. 

Obviously this turns around any thoughts of considering these regions, but I do notice that there are a handful of zones where you can spend maybe around $40k or $50k and the next street over is starting to find 6 digit homes being listed.My question here is what would you say the best neighborhoods are, for a BRRRR investor?  

CoC low double digits, total deal IRR 25+%.50 units can be hard to manage if it cannot support onsite management.

There are plenty of paths of study that would compliment your real estate goals (business, accounting, digital marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, photography etc.)  

Photography, creating engaging content + websites, and digital marketing/lead gen for companies outside of REI are some other areas I like to work in. 

Now that I am in San Diego, the goal is to achieve with my wife financial independence so that we could chase more.As far as occupation, I work mainly in public affairs while also being savvy in photography and digital design.

Try to get them to give you a percentage in the single digits.