Cut out all non-essentials and work, work, work to do this right.  

Right now I'm in the research phase and I just have to ask what is it that are essential needs to know about investing?

High demand is in the Union Grove School District.

Essentially, finding a buyer and putting them in touch with a seller then having the buyer pay you a fee for bringing them the deal.

The School districts are great.

Had I known about this in 2012, I wouldn't have sold my condo in SF mission district in mid 2012 for $100K below my purchase price.

SFR's have taken off in Surrey and while the prices haven't gone up as much as, say, Richmond/hot school districts, they have done well, and they've pulled ahead of MFR's over the past few years (I called that one right a few years back and bought a fixer-upper house vs a townhouse). 

@Paul Callaway on Property "A" you can request a HELOC after all of your updates and then have that money available to you, this is essentially your money and you can use it for what ever you would like.  

We essentially took what would have been the buying agents commission and split it 3 ways. 

Which is why single family rental housing in great neighborhoods/school districts is in high demand.