While you can carry-out wholesaling here in Canada, it is more challenging than south of the boarder due to a variety of factors: population, privacy legislation, lower delinquency rates, etc.

I know recent legislation has made things a little more startup-cost prohibitive, so I wanted to get people's take on it.About myself, I'm just starting into the REI game, and I'm a physician. 

Having money in other types of assets would help us feel better protected against a devastating development to our farming interests - such as a several year drought or legislation that restrict access to water.

An active discussion on this site that we can direct our legislators to review will be healthy. 

M. etc), you might want to check it out and email your rep or at least prepare for the impact.The legislation will be heard by the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Wednesday, May 6th and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, May 12th.http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_05...

It's a matter of one final passing of a piece of legislation for county growth management, for an area-wide multi-family rezone that has been in the works for years. 

That being said we have noticed a bit of a shift in the market with the recently legislated changes to borrowing, etc...Fortunately the realtor fees would be lower than expected however this might be offset by additional marketing costs depending on how how aggressively the project is advertised.Although it is a Seller's market there are still some deals to be found.

If you're an investor doing private lending, please check in your state on usury laws and understand how some of the legislation coming down via Dodd-Frank and bills like SB 978 affect your business.

It links you to the relevant consumer protective legislation (may need to track down updates) and let's you know why actions that may seem like the best thing to do, can actually be the worst.

Too much uncertainty with health care and cap and trade legislation working through Congress, plus, expiration of Bush tax cuts next year could hurt growth.