What a pain that was!

This was a fantastic episode , its has one of the best examples and explanations of rendering your pain to fuel your ambitions @Brandon Turnerundefined@David Greeneundefined

Banks are required to report any transaction $10k+ for routine terrorist / criminal activity checks.Sounds like a pain, going in and paying like in 1952, but shouldn't matter.

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I have made my share of mistakes and they can be mentally draining and financially painful. 

The cost of capital will be 10%, or about $4k, plus the pain a refi is. 

It depends on the rep at the branch, you need someone who's experienced with rental properties as they'll likely have experience on the rental end AND the owner occupied end.Genworth is of course a good option too if it's actually CMHC and not the lender that's being a pain.

I think one thing to remember is that whenever you do something new there's always difficulties as you're doing everything for the first time - so it's probably slow, painful, and not efficient. 

I am feeling your pain on this issue though.

I would try and avoid the 203k loan option, from what ive experienced by just looking into it, it can be a HUGE pain in the butt.