Advice from investors in the west region of Canada would be greatly appreciated. 

Find a local investment realtor and see if they will hook you up with an Real Estate Association approved copy for your region.

Water varies a lot regionally,  You may want to call the water company if you have questions.

I'm particularly interested in interacting with, learning from, supporting Buy/Hold investors in the National Capitol Region, and particularly, Baltimore City and Baltimore County!  

Don't get me wrong I like to read and I have listen to all the podcast love to learn I just like to learn by doing as well.Because the cap rates in my area are fairly low on multifamily units I stared to look outside my state namely Wyoming an oil town i do have some connections up there my cousin a contractor turned oil worker lives and works in the same town, we found a 16 unit property that consist of one 8 plex one bedroom and two four plex's two bedrooms.A small regional bank owns the property and has tried to manage it the best it could over the last two years.  

You can go to the consumer side of a small, regional bank in your area and possibly get a HELOC or fixed rate term loan on both properties you have at 80% ltv with little closing costs.  

Is this just the case in Cincinnati or is this regional/national?

Shawn, in my experience you will have better luck with local (and possibly regional) banks/credit unions. 

I watched my grandpa makes tons of money working/traveling as a regional manager for a German medical company.

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