We have a couple areas growing with plenty of appreciation right now, yet as expected comes plenty of competition for those zip codes. 

I've had tenants with credit scores in the upper 700's, down to the lowest at 490, and plenty in the middle (500's and 600's). 

There are plenty free platforms available.

However, if you have plenty of savings and/or income to invest and want to save your time and reduce risk just buy move-in-ready property (or cosmetic rehab only) off the MLS or in good solid rental areas. 

@Jean-Baptiste RametI have closed plenty of these of non conforming properties.

Fewer will do it on an ivestment property but dont get me wrong, there are plenty that do, just not as many as those that will do it on a primary.Investment properties typically have a slightly higher rate and may offer a lower LTV ratio.The process is the largely the same whether its a primary or investment.

Yes, by paying cash for two of my properties (That wasn’t easy btw-took out a 401k loan, HELOC, withdrew 62k from our Roth IRAs and used all my emergency $ etc to get the cash to purchase the two properties), that extra cash flow plus the $200 a door on average I’m making on the rest of my rentals gives me plenty of cash flow each month in case the poop hits the fan.

There are plenty on this site.

Should be plenty legal enough to continue with the sale. 

There are plenty of ways to get a down payment or find a deal that the seller is willing to finance in full (not sure if owner finance is a thing in Canada).We have done HELOC and private money for down payments so far... but my favorite method was this last home.