Little did I know even on the brand new wires he was running, he was twisting them together with no junction box!

Quote from @Alan Mills: Got an inspection objection back with something I’ve not seen on my other rehab’s (this is a Colorado property):“The seller agrees to have a licensed plumber install external sewer cleanouts per city code and scope the sewer line ensuring its integrity.”This was a full interior/gut rehab and almost everything is brand new.

There's so much information here on BiggerPockets as well as the podcast and books and other websites, books and blogs too that are either free or very cheap. 

was looking to add brand new SFH to my portfolio.

That works well here.

With the capital and experience to offer I've seen this work well as a joint venture.

I live in LA, and have a rental here as well.

I believe your loan could get called if you transfer ownership to an LLC without consent of the lender, especially a brand new LLC that does not have two years of tax returns.

Just used it as well!

If borrowing against stocks is an option, do they have to be stocks held within the US and/or do Canadian stock investments count as well?