Despite being a very gentle winter on the east coast, the past month has caused me several headaches. 

This has resulted in a steady, but gentle (compared to the 80's), increase in property values. 2 – The Greenbelt effect The Greenbelt was enshrined due to legislation passed by the Government of Ontario in 2005.

I was imagining ripping the newly install carpet and then gently pulling up the maple floor.

Get in front of them and have them gently remind him there is a buyer for the property.

It can't be the $250 you need but maybe your ego needs to be massaged.

I've never owned any rental properties so please be gentle!

Yeah no short term loans for STNL unless you are putting 50% or more down or a lease at a high cap rate with a few years left before option renewal.Otherwise you get hit with a refi bomb that could make a negative return with a fixed rate lease or one that has minimal increases in the primary term less than annual inflation.People get these short term loans to massage the debt to work at lower cap rates for purchase but they are ticking time bombs.  

You can't really push them too hard but must gently move them along without being pushing and offending the money players.  

In my (rather inexperienced) opinion, I think it's much like any trade (lawyers, insurance agents, CPA's, realtors, and so on) in REI - some are great:- Responsive- Call / email back quickly- Lots of detail/informationand so on.Whilst others are relatively useless to be gentle about it.I've seen both sides (who thought finding a decent (insert profession here - I've seen it with insurance, accounting, legal, etc.!)

I sprayed them down with some water and gently lifted them up, trying not to break them apart, and sealed them up in plastic bags.