You will get several things:- time to ask them questions (have a list, 4-5 questions ... save as a note in your phone)- build relationship with someone who might help buy or sell a house, who knows, might even be your property manager down the road ... make sure to mention this as you recognize their time is valuable - see overall condition/finish on properties so you have a sense of what you need to do in your rehabs/ make ready before tenants are placed - someone who deals with the properties you want on all the time, and can give advice and insight on where to buy, what they rent for, and any other idiosyncrasies of the area/block/town/city .. etc 

If this is what you do and you are a developer/builder then you could be classified as a dealer with inventory so profits would be recognized as ordinary income. 

Check with a local  mortgage broker.Good call to check and make sure the City recognizes that building as a 5 unit. 

Basically, since you're coming from the US and don't have an established Canadian credit history, the first thing would be to figure out your qualification abilities and get pre-approved with a lender that will recognize your US credit history.

The first piece of advice that I would give you is to recognize your audience- I would imagine the overwhelming majority of people on this forum would push you toward buying property vs index funds due to the topic of BP. 

I'm torn on whether I should self educate and network or go to school and get a more "recognized" credentials on my resume to break in the industry.Can anyone in the industry give some feedback!

If you consistently analyze properties, it will be much easier to recognize a good deal when it shows up.5.

I can tell you that RS Means (https://www.rsmeans.com/) produces data that is fairly widely recognized for construction "guess-timating."

We recognized the opportunity since we do alot of multi-family deals in this area How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I'm also a fan of "doing" and have already started running numbers everyday to get better at recognizing potential deals.