Check with the municipality where construction is being done to get their take on the development.

And what if the one person you didn't check has a criminal background, has collections, and more?

The right agent will have worked with Canadians before, will have lenders set up that can work with Canadians and will have a seamless process for management.Not only can an agent set you up with a GC, property manager, lawyer, insurance broker, inspector and everything else you need, they can analyze deals and put numbers in front of you.Your job as an investor is to vet the vendors they are providing and double check their analysis.  

What checks and balances would you need to put in place to avoid this.I am a firm believer that you should tie any bonus to a metric that the company is trying to achieve.

In the meantime feel free to check out a post I did a while back about Cost Segregation - The Basics (biggerpockets.com)

Should we expect the Federal portion of the rent check from the gov't Feb 1??

If the insurance isn't done properly, it's on the edge of impossible to cash the check because it's made out to the lender, my company, and the seller(s). 

Check out PropertyRadar, similar pricing as Propstream but I found it to be better for pulling lists for vacant land.

I realize these are already very good terms, but I thought I'd check what is possible.

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