I live in an area with very large incomes, and low house prices compared to the rest of the country - there's dozens of cities and towns in Canada like this, so don't paint the market with a broad brush. 

They're cheap to do, compared to the money that you would gt back. and these strategies can be used over and over again, with each property acquired or rental-renovated.

Finding startup funding / not enough Net Worth Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

But an analysis of the numbers will show you what your comparative net returns will be at current rent/mortgage rate. 

I own a fractional interest in over 2,500 units today, and I don't have to hassle with tenants or lenders or inspectors or insurance or contractors or property managers.

Compared to the previous option, you have to put 1% more towards the down payment and pay another 0.25 in points.

Some lenders have minimum size restrictions.

So, some ideas would be:* take some additional courses/webinars, etc on how to obtain appraisal business, especially private appraisal work (from attorneys, cpa's, direct from homeowners, hard-money lenders, etc).

Don't bang on pipes in the quest of fixing anything Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

The seller was willing to loan me 30% on the second leg of the transaction or $210,000- Paid off my transactional lender of $140,000 and pocketed the difference.