Be sure to utilize all of the resources on the site such as deal analyzers and the search function for specific questions.

The attorney mentioned as lending money is a hard money lender, seeking or advertising to make loans is not a private lender function, those that do are hard money lenders, they are seeking the business of lending.I have no idea about Canadian finance laws, but that is the position of lending in the U.

There are search functions on each site, so you can type in specific questions and see what those responses have been.Good luck and happy credit building!

I feel though, and I'm curious to hear from others who are in the same boat, that everything I've read and everything I'm learning about how to find "deals" or, at the very least, prospects (motivated sellers) is geared towards functioning in a down market.

However, I think the very modern styles causes the kitchen to lose some functionality which can be undesirable when renting...

What classification (rental, vacant, etc) do you have it insured under? 

The rest of the work would be just to bring functional items up to date (updating the kitchen, for example).

CF is a function of many things, one of the most notable - what you pay for the asset :)Good luck!

I'm not an economist....but suspect it is a function of supply of units to rent vs. demand.  

That is what RE Brokers do, facilitate the transfer of property rights, if anyone does anything to effect the same exchange, then the value can be seen as being close to what is fair and equitable for that function.