I am surprised that Wholesaling is not big in Canada!

I'm surprised the leasing agent didn't do a full background check on the boyfriend.The in-person meeting: With Fair Housing Laws, I would be very cautious to require an in-person meeting.

The information take-away is simply amazing, and I think you will be pleasantly surprised at what you can do with your retirement accounts. 

Any tips would be great because I visited the area a month ago and was surprised how much of the area has already been rehabbed...

surprised!

Read your lease, ask your landlord if you don't understand it.. and start looking for a new apartment right away you might be surprised to find rent rates have gone up all over.. 

It will be an investment, we won't live the house.We tried a few insurances but some of them mentioned that the house is too old to be insured (which I found surprising) and because we not living in the house, they cannot give us a quote...

Get a good real estate attorney where you want to invest that knows the laws and be sure to ask for any and all fees before meeting up to avoid surprises.

It's surprisingly hard to make these decisions!

I was surprised, because typically they say whichever is more.