I think we also need to make a distinction between holding your reserves in equities and using your investments as your reserves.

I am very intrigued by the BRRRR strategy and have recognized there are many distinctions between what is and is not possible in Canada compared to the US.

What's the general quality of the neighborhood, distinctive features, and/or if it's good for investment?

Our hope is to work for the same firm so that we can operate as a team and work, learn, and grow together by leveraging our distinct skill sets. 

Investing for vacation houses is called "lifestyle investing" and is distinctly different because the premise of it is that it's more about the vacation-ability and desirability of the house over the cash flow.For buying your own house versus renting, check this article out- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/1...

I also spoke to the auction house to see if I could get the LLC credit charge reversed and charge the deposit instead to the trust account, but they were unwilling to do that.Be that as it may, the distinction here seems to be between loans and contributions, and I would say things that are paid back are loans, and things that are not paid back are contributions.

@John Thedford  if I was a betting man I would bet they don't own them  they are claiming a equitable interest simply because they have them under contract.now I get the occasional assignment.. but when your whole business model or scheme is to simply go into contract then take assignment fee's that is were the distinction lies.. 

The important distinction is that the 1st buyer (probably you) comes to the closing with all the money for the first purchase (closing).

Those distinctions really are based on more opinion that fact. 

I distinctively remember a BP podcast where they talk to a wholesaler from Dallas who makes over 400k a month and spends upwards of 100k a month on marketing alone.