If you haven't reached out to contractors you may find availability to be a challenge though things should be slowing down.

Start with only a few thousand dollars, and use wholesaling to develop a deep discount business model to build cash and locate the best properties to flip or become rentals at the best possible price,2.

Here are some important guidelines for finding good tenants:Income: I always make certain the total rent is less than 35% of their gross income.Credit: Although I do allow some slow pay on a prospective tenant’s credit report, I always look for judgements and evictions.

It is typical that the winter does slow down a bit though.  

Without going too deep, does this look like a structural issue to you?

So, depending on how deep your pockets are, pick a property in a good neighborhood, usually a B-class area, with good infrastructure and within close proximity to facilities.Hope this helps and best of luck,Steven Steffel

folks can be lured into these as they see these as low or no money down deals and make money on the delta.. problems arise in a default situation and you have put the seller in a bad way and don't have the reserves to take the year to evict your lease option tenant and you have no income yet you still need to make the payment... its an advanced scheme in my mind only appropriate for those with Deep pockets... not starter and undercapitalized.. ( which of course I have no inkling to your =financial ability) however I have rescued numerous young and starter investors who did this and got in WAY over their ski tips

But know this: your investing will slow down, and you won't be able to scale your Buys nearly as much as if you're successful with the first paragraph's "idea".

My fiancé and I have been shocked by how slow and cumbersome the financing process is in CR - we've been speaking with Scotia Bank but they haven't been very helpful.BestAlex

slow?