If the spread isn't there then investors aren't going to want it and I'm assuming it's too ugly for a retail buyer. 

Without the penalty and a 3 year window to spread out the income hit?

Are you so spread out that mortgage payments are keeping you up at night?

Could I have some knowledge spread my way!

This appreciation is largely limited to the major metropolitan cities (namely Toronto and Vancouver) but we're starting to see it spread into the suburbs as well now that Covid has forced employers to adapt to remote working arrangements.

I don't understand why the huge spread of time to evict, but that does make the investment extremely risky

You could spread your 250k over 5 different ones to diversify to other markets.

He truly gets mailbox money and it spreads out his tax hit over 3 years instead of all in one year.The best part for me in the deal is the $700/month I pay him, $650 goes to principal buydown and he gets $50 month  in interest.

My understanding of Dealer Status is that if you are flipping on terms (in my case: buy on terms, fix -or not-, then sell on terms) then you lose the ability to be taxed as an installment sale where your gain is spread out over the term of your note.  

Of course there's areas that still work but my main question right now is:People that have spread their investments through Stocks, Real Estate, and Crypto - would you recommend saving my money in a saving account right now (which isn't really growing) or Investing it elsewhere for the time being and when I find the right deal?