I am just starting to invest so my knowledge and experience is not the best but the market in Montreal is very aggressive from what I am noticing and houses get sold in a matter of days.

Left this month on 3 days notice... we thought they were great tenants- paid on time, only heard from them occasionally when something needed to be fixed.

Send a Notice From Landlord To Tenant: Notice of Noncompliance for Matters Other Than Failure to Pay Rent. 

Since this is commercial, can you increase the NOI by rehab, increased rents, laundry, decreased expenses?

You can either give notice or increase the rent or both.As far as negotiation strategies you have to rely on your agent; hopefully you have picked a top producer, who has the skills to do that.

Also, it’s easy to tell potential tenants they pay all utilities, when comparing to other places it’s not a noticeable difference in my eyes.

You'll also want to ensure you have a good property manager to look after the upkeep of the property if you are not there to notice anything deteriorating or which may need attention.California is a sort of beastly state when it comes to taxes and filings.

Anyone else notice how responsive and friendly tenants are ... until they move in ?

I'm set to move to West Lafayette, Indiana in the next month & a half or so and have been looking through listings and one thing I've noticed is that there aren't any 2-3plexes listed at all.Is this just because the rental market is really good for those right now or is there something I don't know about that area? 

You send notices to cure, you do not provide personal advice unless you want to put yourself in the middle of the problem.