I am open to looking to other markets philly would be a great choice because it's within a hour of travel.

You won't have a choice with escrow when getting a loan in most cases, so you will have to fund the initial escrow account balance at closing, pay for insurance up front etc on top of the normal closing costs you listed.

I own a number of properties in the GTA and have made some great choices and some not so great... :)

I had no choice but to shelve my companies or have to figure how to operate with what basically was a 70% tax on revenues in total.

I was stuck in that same mindset for close to a year and I finally made the choice to expand my reach and start investing 30 miles away from the hot zone.

You made a great choice to join the community here at BiggerPockets.

Your choice.

That will give insight into possible choices.

Hi Ryan,Thanks for the link.I am aware of some of the other investment groups.

You have to accept that when the tenants call and say "the toilet is backing up into the bathtub" you have no choice but to deal with it ASAP.