The cheaper price point often comes with older housing stock that needs more work.Not saying Cleveland/Akron are bad markets - plenty of investors do well there!

Keep in mind that your mortgage terms and insurance premiums will probably be less favorable in an LLC.

This has definitely paid dividends for us when it comes to mortgage rates and lending options. 

Sounds like you have thought out a lot of this, but maybe also hold a competition with a cash prize at your closest architectural and design school.Can you build it cheaper than someone like this?  

3 separate recent studies show it is currently cheaper to rent than own in virtually every large market and that it has never been more so than currently.  

Louis Fed shows the delinquency rate on residential single-family mortgages, and proves there's a way to spin this data to show that delinquencies are increasing rapidly.

Unfortunately as was pointed out in a forum post about a week ago there is no option on this calculator to include a second or third mortgage.

I put the first, largest mortgage in under the loan option in the BP calculator.

my question is specific towards obtaining a mortgage in BC Canada. 

Are you vendor direct could be a lot cheaper on countertops, and could save you money..