Took me longer but I didn't like the contractor I used, and unfortunately he took advantage of my kindness.

or do I only incorporate myself in Canada?

This was probably a year ago, but Before going onto their website I even called and spoke to a worker at that office who directed me to the category where I would find them… the category was filled of all kinds of irrelevant documents, thousands of them.

Thank you for your kind words, Matthew.

She specalizes in corporate rentals.

Quote from @Jonathan Soto: great write up. thank you for taking your time and going in to detail. i have been looking into a business for myself but havent seen much in biz bysell that make sense. just need to keep searching Try looking into Crexi and Loopnet too, I find all different kinds of small businesses for sale on those websites compared to Bizbuysell.

What kind of strategies are you looking for?

Like much of real estate, it looks a whole lot better on a spreadsheet than it does in real life.It works at scale or with a lot of experience, but you are kind of building a house of cards needing everything to go right in the beginning. 

A 1035 exchange needs to be a "like kind" exchange.

Be professional, kind and firm.