MichaelJS

Doug or other Canadians that have purchased MC's course, any comments on how applicable the course is for Canadians? I'm based on Ontario.

Birdie/Darren, So you prefer selling on lease option rather than straight renting. I can understand that from the perspective of less maintenance hassles. One question I had... If you're selling on a lease option, I'm guessing you're dealing with single family homes for the most part as opposed to apartment blocks. Since it's harder to find tenant/buyers for lease options than straight renters, and since you have to do a number of deals to approach the volume of buying an apartment (say 15-20 units), is it MORE work to find deals and tenant/buyers for lease options than it is to buy an occupied apartment? Granted there will be far less maintenance headaches with lease options. I figure if the apartment is big enough, you could afford a property manager or pay one of the tenants to handle this role. Any thoughts on the workload of doing multiple lease option deals versus buying and managing an apartment?

Birdie, since you have experience in both rental properties and the lease purchase strategy, I'd be interested in your thoughts on what you prefer. I'm currently looking at these options for my real estate investing approach. Do you plan on focusing on lease purchasing or will you also be looking to purchase rental properties as a landlord?