In addition even with a lower down payment you should be paying significantly less per month even with PMI then you would if you moved into a single family house that you where fronting the entire bill for.

Show you are showing homes, working with clients, looking at neighborhoods.If there is a strong team at your brokerage, that is a great way to spend a year.

Consider offering the tenant additional support, such as help finding a new place to live or arranging for movers.

It provides additional liability protection beyond standard property insurance, which can protect your personal assets if the LLC's assets aren't sufficient.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Yes, we’d have no mortgage payment, which is huge, but the ultimate goal was to create passive income and scale upwards so that I could eventually retire and spend time with my family.

You're spending $400k?

If you were looking to spend $500,000, would you want someone who can only show you options after 6 pm and one weekend day?

In addition to Realtor.ca (ICX.ca, MLS.ca), you can also search Kijiji for the city/region in which you are interested,

If you spend all that money on a DIY buy the best glue you can.

But I'd rather spend $5 on a filter than $25 or more even if they're just almost as good.