After getting in touch with the person and telling them we were local real estate investors, the individual was very adamant about not selling to an investor.

If you mean individual stocks I personally use a scanner system and trade on volume and gaps... works great.

The IRS rules are largely the same, it is just a different plan format that is individual instead of employer based.Rentals work well in a retirement plan. 

@Daman GandhiThe problem is when we take a macro-economic trend of ‘more online retail than offline’, or, ‘30% of malls will be closed’, and apply it to everything which is commercial, it may not be the right approach for individual investors.

Does anyone have any deals or contacts for these individuals.

Depends on the individual.

The closest I came to my own investment was renting out individual rooms from my home (back when I owned one) to be able to afford living there while my income had dropped.

These are for individuals only, not businesses or LLC so are not like hard money loans but if you value the security of a 30 year term, with a P&I payment and built in 10% contingency against cost overruns this loan may work for you.

Individually putting names into a spreadsheet is a HUGE waste of time.

I work in the IT industry as a Mobile App developer.I would love to connect with like minded individuals in the Greater Montreal Area and would like to ask for recommendations for:1.