Your results may vary.

If I'm dealing with an individual I'll just send them a link to the search results for my business name showing the 50+ properties I own.  

I am in the camp I do not trust management companies they fall short of my standards .I say make it a full time job your name will become known as a solid owner of properties one result will be longer leases .More time to keep adding to your portfolio too.

My plan is to get all of the documents that I need together before I actually start matching houses with buyers and sellers so that it would not be a huge roadblock when I'm really to try to close a deal.  

What sort of results have you seen?

I like to customize my agreements to match the needs of the owner, and price them accordingly.

You could do the same thing in Calgary I feel like with similar results.

And @Jim Costa, I agree with what you are saying about calculating your RESULTING equity if you intend on maxing out with a HELOC variable interest loan.

RE is wonderful but what you think you saw in that family is not the end result for 99.9% of Real Estate investors.

Also eye opening is the potential neighborhoods you discover as a result of driving around.