Its only 2 miles from downtown and no one wants to touch it.

If you are looking for deals in the greater Montreal, get in touch with @Olivier LePage above, as his team is 100% committed to finding off-market deals, and as you know, this is where the money is in the small plex market.If you are looking for syndication type investment (where the pool of money from different investors will buy a property valued in the $1-3 million valuations in the Montreal area), where your capital will earn a good return on investment, I can connect you to some people I know in case you want to go that way.

I'm now in touch with the insurance company's (Allstate) claims rep about how this went down.

3) I own a home, but don't want to touch the equity in it. 

Thanks John,there is no shared wall but the buildings do touch each other all along the side.It's a private 2 family townhouse, neither a Coop or condo.It is not uninsured yet, the cancellation of the policy goes into effect in 15 more days.

Update on the status, the seller is waiting to get in touch with the co-owner of some of his properties.

We basically touched all interior surfaces with some sort of upgrade.

Some of my peers won't touch anything under 750K.

I'm trying to help a friend navigate a creative loan to buy his current rental house and capture some 'free equity' while keeping the stability in his son's life that he has worked so hard for.Brief backstory:  I've known the guy since middle school, never really close friends, but we've stayed in touch through Facebook over the years. 

I think you may have wanted to touch base with lenders prior to finding the property because what happens if you can't get funded?