My pest control guy treated them, essentially using a bait that rendered their offspring impotent...they could not reproduce.  

TLDR: ABC is the worst; false advertising, impotent property management, lawsuits incoming, stay away!

@Julie Marquez Your perspective comes from actually having managed rentals which is impotant when choosing a property manager.

I love what I do, but honestly... while I know how to use all kinds of tools to do just about anything from Electrical to Plumbing to Metal Fabrication or whatever, I have obviously not learned to use some of the most impotant tools in how to make my money work best for me.  

There is not enough cash flow in this deal for you to sit tight on an empty unit until you find the quality tenant (that you might not even be savvy enough to identify in these early stages of your landlording career ) that makes for a smooth running operation (especially impotant for a newbie).

Most people would call 8 months of impotence failure.

Il y a plusieurs Canadiens - quelques même du Québec - ici qui peut répondre à des questions spécifiques au Canada (règlements, impôts, finançant).    

Putting these two quotes together, seeing that your most impotant thing is too help avoid foreclosure and that you will make a small amount of 15K in commissions, I would suggest that if nothing else works as suggested that you pledge 10K of your commission subject2 the deal completion to satisfy the amount short of the second.This allows your main objective and still leaves you a little from the deal.

Other things are impotant to lesser degree.

We can argue forever about it.Not that I care to defend the democrats (bunch of impotents ) but where do you see evidence that Rev.