Look at options like Deckover or a Rustoleum product for outdoor applications.

I really like heading to the west from Nathrop up towards St Elmo (ghost town, though not abandoned). 

Labor costs should be minimum wage - 4 hours per house and the rebar and wire and sheet products are cheap as is the cement.

As a fellow Canadian (living in the U.S. since 1998) I can tell you that there are not too many books on real estate investing for Canadians - at least not like what we have here in the U.S.However, take a look at some of the books on Amazon like:The Canadian Real Estate Action Plan: Proven Investment Strategies to Kick Start and Build Your Portfoliohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470158018/ref=as_li_tf_tl?

Some ideas in my head are - Clothing, Jewelry, Stationary, Organic Foods, Global ethnic products to sell locally, Outdoor Sports, Coffee shop, Yogurt or Ice Cream Shop.I was thinking I could visit some of the local colleges and just market that I have the space for the right person/ biz plan.

Not a ghost ...

You can also check out click2mail, they have about the same price, and can do variable printing as well, however their product line is more limited but they price the same whether it's 100 or 10,000.

Prices can't go any lower over time than the cost to reproduce the same product.

I mean wow... and not in a "this product obviously has value" sort of way.

If you sold a real estate product in the late 1990's and in the early 2000's, this guy bought your stuff.