One of them carefully looks through and tinkers with every component.

I am going to cut all of them in line to give you a potential opportunity?

Risk assessment is a critical component of the underwriting process.

On the other hand, if you are netting significant profits (e.g. 100K+ per year, but I really don't know where the cut off point is) in the US, the overhead may be worth cost / aggravation.I am curious what structures Canadians are using and at the end of the day, what is the effective marginal rate they see.

Construction debt is expensive right now, but with the Fed (most likely) preparing to cut rates, the cost of construction debt appears to be on its way down in the coming months.

I have a STR house in a resort town, but the city’s new stricter policies have really cut into my revenue.

What my accountant did is, she declared most of these as Capital Expenditures, then she turned around and depreciated them in one year per the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act.  

Would it be better for me to go with cheap windows or is it possible for me to buy windows myself and have somebody install them and just cut out the middle man?

Figuring out the funding component is fairly straightforward from there. 

And finding what components in what condition = what $ and time in sold.