This government action against pay day lenders in the U.K. has eliminated most of the players in the market.

If you're going to insist on X number of years on the job, you're going to eliminate a huge chunk of your potential tenant pool.

I bought my second about a year later and shortly after that I returned from vacation to find that my position had been eliminated...

Additionally for anyone outside the Vancouver market, is this a possible North American/Canadian wide trend that could be implemented going forward ultimately eliminating the business of being an RE Wholesaler?

I would also guess that that eliminates the possibility of you getting a VA loan.

Nearly eliminating it in fact.

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But on the flip side I am in the boat of eliminating the monthly debt in order to start building those cash reserves.

If the duplex has room you can also pay off your high interest credit cards with your refinance which eliminate your payments.I hope this helps and have a great day.

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