For some perspective, live outside the country for awhile.

To put it in perspective if you bought 5 rental houses in Cupertino CA,, Palo Alto , Los Altos Menlo Park or any other SF peninsula town including the City itself.

@Matt LefebvreIf you look at successful real estate investors most of them did not study real estate so I think you need to look at it from a different perspective.

It makes sense, as the article was pointing out, that foreign investors are "parking" their money here in Vancouver, since it is relatively "cheap" for them to do so and it is a safe haven from their perspective.

As a Professional Engineer, I would like to shed some light from my perspective.

That helps putting things in perspective for out of state investors.

The steps Chris highlighted which I have already carried out shows me that most franchises use a puree as opposed to fresh fruit and this was not the idea I had in mind.Part of every running group I have belonged to requires what is called a bag drop.

If it's a flip, the long term flood perspective is not so critical. 

Hi Marisa,That’s a very interesting perspective….but to be honest, I’m not surprised by your experience.

From the business perspective, yes the franchise can bring a good income but it isn't lucrative.