I think possibly asking for previous work he's done or just ask for a website that he owns just for credibility.

lol...so not only are we looking at possibly brokering without a license, but also a net listing at that.

It is possible they can't afford the increase and need to move regardless.

Currently our water heater is outside in small room not very ideal.My goal is to get started anyway possible and to accumulate properties for rentals. 

I don't have calculated statistical data to back this claim up, and it could be regional, but it often seems that appraisers are more generous when it comes to appraised market rents than they are when it comes to value.I'll not bore you with the math, but the arithmetic is more generous if you do not intend to live in the property than if you do intend to live in the property (If you aren't going to live there, it is in theory possible to have a calculated DTI of 0.000%... which is in part why commercial financing uses DSCR not DTI). 

In addition, locate the other wholesalers in town so you're getting deals from as many sources as possible.

That house sold in a couple days, and appraised as high as it possibly could.

I need to be as accurate as possible!

You need to understand that a job has only one purpose in life, to make everything else you want possible.

We put in separate hydro meters, so with tenants paying their own hydro we cash flowed quite well.So, good cash flow is very possible in Ontario, though Orillia doesn't have the appreciation that Ming gets in Toronto.