These homes will statistically not flood again in your lifetime.

. - many other LL's are scared sh*tless by RC, so creates opportunity for us bold enough (and knowledgeable enough) to deal with it. - allows one to finely hone their skills at dealing with tenants.

You can find a lot of good statistical data online as well as jumping on google maps to view the neighborhoods. 

Go for a walk on nearly any street and you'll see what I mean. https://crimegrade.org/safest-...Lookup a crime map of density and crime statistics. 

Statistically it is very very hard to find that here right now with a deal that makes sense.

Dream big and dream bold my friends!!!!

Statistically, housing prices in Vancouver (GVA) are ~11.5 times household income - almost 74% less affordable than Toronto.  

So a typical rental property will cost $250K to build and the lot will cost you around $150K.In any decent city you will pay $400 to $600K for a first home and rents are anything from $300 a WEEK to $1000 a WEEK.You can google the history in Oz from 1860 and NZ from 1905.The statistics are pretty bullet proof.

And I have gotten so bold as to directly ask the listing agent (prior to writing offer) what the Seller is looking for. 

@Dan Burstain, great info and statistical analysis.