Tie these rentals to hog hunting, hog trapping or alligator fishing trips.  7.  

The owner of the land the garage was on tried to shake me down for tens of thousands of dollars for a tiny strip of land because he thought he had me trapped. 

I started watching tons of videos and reading a bunch of books and started researching the area I want to invest in then I came to the realization that I may be getting into a trap by investing in duplexes or triplexes in Ontario. 

Typically all the clauses for non-performance or ‘exit’ are in sections together.

If you don't refinance then your $40k is "trapped" in the property and your cash-on-cash return goes way down. 

Hi Ting,I've had Pest Control companies that layed down a DMZ of sorts outside the buildings.Fire ants, ants, and a lot of other crawlies seem to stay away from the DMZ area--keeping them out of the house.I've had them do it in the pouring rain and on nice days.Maybe they do something like that in your area.If it's a problem, you can scheduled ongoing service for it--where they will come out and re-apply.Or you could pass the info on to the renter--it's less costly then her hiring an attorney (unless she is govt subsidized and gets free attorneys via legal aid).They also do a building inspection inside and out--looking for entry points that need to be "Repaired", but ants get in through the smallest cracks.If you have a slab foundation, they may be under the slab and coming through a crack in it--exterminators can handle that.One or two phone calls will get you a quick price, and being there when it happens to take notes on where the tech says to repair to prevent other insects coming in might be a smart move.I've seen long lines of ants outdoors coming up a metal handrail to an apartment and going into a tiny space at the corner of a window and into the apartment. 

I pay my plumber @298 to clear a stack, $398 if he has to go all the way to the house trap.

I was thinking ROE (Return on Equity) is a better measure of how your trapped equity is performing. 

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I understand that the wealthy may want to “trap’ low income people in their city where all they can afford to do is eat/sleep/work.