Doing a more detailed crime-rate analysis,  driving in the areas during the day and at night.

If their hand is forced to sell, they'll be a$$ backwards like our U.S. neighbors were.The media has turned every happy renter into a buy now or never person and they drive up lower end condo pricing, which we saw after the foreign buyer tax was implemented and the home partnership program was started (although most don't use, it drove up demand and interest). 

I am opening a 100% commission investor friendly brokerage with a high-end brand and agent training (been coaching agents for 3 years).

& then they coarse you into to this bus tour that's 43,000 for three day workshop to get the upgrade training.

@John Cohen That's exactly what I am driving at, John.

Hopefully you will have no trouble finding one that support you with strong staff, marketing and training.

While I would love to move my portfolio and I to Florida someday due to the excellent price to rent ratios there, until that time I may end up buying in Spokane, WA, which is about a 4 hour drive from me.

They actually keep it on their books for CF - this is how they drive ROI for their investors.Look at local banks with 3-5 locations in a few towns in the area.

It's like driving your car and not knowing where you're going.

But if I happen to work for coca cola and I was diving the truck they can sue me because I was driving and the coca cola company because they own the truck.