This whole process can take several more months.It may appear that lenders are deliberately “holding” properties and simply choosing not to dispose of them.

DH has event at at MCC on Tuesday 12/15 (Democracy, Pubic Deliberation, Climate Change....yawn).  

If the check has the name of the tenant on it, and after the check has cleared within ca. 4 days, the transaction is almost foolproof.I am still deliberating which way to go in the long run.

Spent most of my 20s as a loan officer and manager for multiple high-level banks -- Countrywide (Bank of America) and JPMorgan Chase...

I believe these communities are deliberately understated.

This time I'd like to be a lot more deliberate about finding that market though.How do you all go about finding new markets to invest in, and how do you evaluate them?

So I initially told him yes, but after MUCH deliberation and getting advice, I decided to tell him I changed my mind and I couldn't do it.

OR deliberately changed and said ,,,thats how I want to do it and thats good enough. 

A survey by IGM Financial’s Investors Group shows that individuals with at least $500,000 of investible assets view a mortgage as “a considered and deliberate investment strategy.”Most could manage without a home loan; 76 per cent said they have the cash to buy their home outright; but 46 per cent would not make changes to their mortgage without considering it as part of their overall financial plan.With property portfolios which include additional commercial or residential real estate (32 per cent), additional homes for recreational use (51 per cent) and investment rental properties (41 per cent), Canada’s wealthy should be ok in their retirement years, but even then mortgage-free is not the plan for a quarter of respondents.

@David Faulkner That's why I am being slow and deliberate about the ones I buy, I don't want to have to come to a crossroad where I might even consider selling.