Hi Irina I am a commercial broker here in Vancouver and can certainly help at least get you more info.

There are several brokers on BP and anyone in the business will have occasional deals they cant do or notes they want to resale or notes they will hypothecate.

However, this area is rapidly building up and offers strong economic growth, so it's conceivable that we can exit with worthwhile profit.A friend has suggested we contact a few local commercial real estate brokers to get some estimates.

If I decide to go that route I would work with a broker for better deals.

 I'm NOT an Agent/Broker, but am a local investor who lives in Broken Arrow.  

The broker is telling you how awesome the deal is and you want to get one under your belt, so you convince yourself that the market will keep increasing in value at it's current speed. 

Give yourself about a year to study finances and real estate investing, decide the specialty field you are interested in, line up your team of agents, lawyer, broker etc., and make sure you have plenty of cash savings.

If you don't know the areas, I'd talk to a fellow agent in your office or even your broker.

The other option would be talking to local bank or mortgage broker applying conventional loan.

I’ve reached out to my mortgage broker and real estate agent who have helped me with my last two houses, but I would like to find professionals that have more experience in dealing with investors and investment properties.