I think many Canadians have forgotten that aspect (priced the same but a 20-30% premium due to exchange). 

I'd be happy to take a lower return on a higher dollar amount in exchange for less work/effort/stress!

My goal is to replace my income through rental properties and trade up via 1031 exchange.

My ideal scenario RIGHT NOW would be to offer $160k to the seller, offer the prospective buyer $30k - $40k in renovations of their choosing in exchange for a purchase price of $260k.Any creative thoughts on this deal, financing, etc I would love to hear them.  

So I'm about to list a "break even" SFR for sale mainly to defer taxes since I've got my eye on an income producing 4plex but seller may not wait for forward exchange to take its course.  

So, for someone with a lot of money in a country where the currency is volatile, they may consider "storing" money in SF real estate a better idea that possibly losing 40% this year from fluctuations (SF is one of the most well known cities in the world and draws a lot of international interest).Secondly, for those doing this locally, you also have to remember that the very poor condition home that was rehabbed could easily be worth a few hundred thousand dollars more now depending on where it is.

Both families fell right in the income slot for too poor to be able to buy health insurance on the exchange, not poor enough to qualify for Medicare.  

Our local electric utility company will exchange burned out CFLs with new for free, up to 6 at a time.

I thought even if they didn't have any inventory they would still want to have a short chat to exchange info.

I'm toying with the idea of buying a multi-family home and letting them live in it rent-free in exchange for managing the AirBnB rental of the other units.This would solve several problems for me:I wouldn't have to worry as much about their financesI'd have a nice place to stay when we visitWe could build equity (albeit slowly) by paying off the off the property with the AirBnB incomeMy hunch is that this could work out just fine for everyone:My dad has been contracting for the last 35 years and is on the licensing board for the city of Sanibel.