Sooner would be excellent).Weighing the pros/cons of owning multiple 3-4 unit dwellings v. small apartment buildings (10-20 units or so).What are folks experience with commercial financing for the larger buildings?  

There are a lot of pros, but there are some risks I'm trying to figure out how to assess such as the tenant and if the cost per sq foot is inflated. 

I'd imagine that rings true for a lot of the other types of pros you tried reaching out too.

Some of this junkmail will inevitably be mistakenly placed in the tenants mailbox.4) As this is your first property, and you're VERY local to it, there are probably more pros than cons for you to self-manage it.

What are the pros and cons.

It is additional red tape and annoying for the landlord however there are some pros for the landlord:1.

Seems like this niche should be left to the pros. 

Pros/cons, house/apartment/townhome, locations, legality.

If the IRS instructions are not clear and not reliable, courts' opinions are often convoluted and inconsistent, and even the top tax pros do not always agree - how can you get the correct answers?

I would recommend you find another independent brokerage in the GTA and ask them for the pros and cons.