Matt:If there is a JV agreement, then when your "partner" is asked if there is a 3rd-party interest in the property, he would be beholden to disclose that to the lender.In practice, this happens where the JV agreement is just a handshake, but you as the non-partner, partner are taking on a huge risk as you have little to no provable claim on the property ... and if you did prove your interest, you could be a part to mortgage fraud :-(In the U.S.A. it appears there are (or there were) lenders who would allow a single member of an LLC or partnership to taken on the burden of the financing ... though I presume all members would have to consent to the pledging of property as the mortgage.In Canada, lenders require anyone with an interest in the property to a guarantor of the financing (with exception of minors ... but their trustee would have to be a guarantor).

I also checked it with a non-contact voltage tester and the larger blade hole (which should be neutral) appears to be hot.So I opened the receptacle (after turning power off) but the white wire goes where the white label is on the receptacle and when I compare it to another working receptacle, it's wired the same.So my guess is that neutral (white) and hot (black) wires are reversed at the power supply (electrical panel?).

For appearance sake solar shingles should be the only type allowed in a community.

This appears to be one of those few areas where are costs at home are less than those in the U.S.A.

There appears to be some opportunities in Cypress Hill at present.  

.-  If the seller appears to be truthful on his pro-forma, write up an offer based on the pro-forma numbers.  

In MA it appears it just needs to be an interest bearing account separate from your normal account. 

Still leaves a pretty big bedroom.2nd unit 3 br/1bSeparate metersProbably have to replace both furnaces and water heaters but other work appears cosmetic with exception of upstairs kitchen.Has 3 garages, decent enough shape but will likely change doors down the road.Small stairs/deck that is old.

Its doesn't appear to be as bad as DFW, where you can't look in any direction without seeing new apartments going up, but I saw a lot of new properties.

I got both sides rented to what appear to be good tenants (one side they were in their previous property for 5 years) for the rents I wanted.