Id put the property under an LOI and try to negotiate a 45-60 day study period to do due diligence and locate a retail tenant.

If you are in total fear that someone else will scoop it up put in an Letter of Intent (LOI) for the asking price and make sure you have a 30 day inspection period. 

I want to buy an investment property during my separation period before Divorce.

Listening to the most recent podcast with Brian Burke, one of the statements struck me about the time period you start- and the time you make that your main career.

Instead she listened to a new investor that was out of his league and was not able to do anything with her property in the time period he had.  

I've done it for a 6 month period. 

But in this scenario, you will bypass the 1 year waiting period.  

It seems the lower end of the market has a better cost:rent ratio.Taking the $69K - $650 rent as an example (there are a bunch of these units for sale; they're in a complex with a lot of units for sale), let's say I bought 4 of those (although I wouldn't want to put all my eggs in one basket buying all in the same building, but this is just for samples sake).Using a 15-year amortization period with a 3% rate (I'm in BC, Canada), and a purchase price of 65K and down payment of 30K (46%) on each place, that would work out to a $241 monthly mortgage on each.

It is obviously not any kind of conventional financing with those interest rates nor is it the typical hard money loan on a single family ~5 points, 12-16% interest, and 6-12 month loan period.  

Stewart,22 have interpreted the language referencing procuring the injunction “prior to the effective date of termination of the contract” to mean that if the purchaser does not obtain an injunction prior to the period set forth in the cancellation notice, then the purchaser may not subsequently raise any defense to the cancellation, including a defense of waiver.