If the house has a septic system, especially if it's an older one, it's worth the investment to have a septic inspection done.This concern is particularly relevant for those planning to buy and hold the property rather than simply fix and sell it.

New owners are normally at 2 extremes...

Buy the property, lease it up and refinance.One thing you’ll want to know about the credit facility is not necessarily the margin call parameters, which I wouldn’t be concerned with if there is a significant amount of equity in your investors securities securities portfolio, but what are the other terms?

To me, that is extremely critical.

While that may sometime be true, full disclosure to all parties should eliminate any ethical or moral concerns (imo).  

Hi Joy - Service animals can’t legally be restricted due to landscaping concerns, but you can include a note in your listing to inform guests, such as:"The front yard has decorative shells, and the backyard is turf.

I'd done some reading in the past and thought a few of the main Canadian banks had such specialty trust divisions that could help you with plan setup.As for finding investments, networking with other investors, real estate agents, etc. is the way to go.Brian, from what I've heard is that CAN banks  make it extremely difficult to setup. 

That seems extreme to me, but even if is only 10% of that, that's more than our States entire population, the implications are supermassive. 

My concern is with the house that my dti numbers will remove my options for a loan.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!