You won’t be able to see the interior of the property unless no one is living there, in which case you may be able to at least peek in the windows.2.

Double taxation would be when you have to pay US income tax and then also Canada income tax and you don't receive a credit for your US income taxes.

If you just handled it on your own/contractor self-mitigation, you would need to have some proof it was handled.

Do you want to be in a growth play which has higher risk and higher upside?

If you learn from someone farther along than you, pay it forward by helping someone behind you.

As @Nicholas L. said, it sounds like you are doing a BRRRR.

This is a new requirement from the town (which we were not aware of) and while we have detectors in there now, they are not connected between the two sides. 

I am sure there will be more as I sort through things as a lot of stuff came up and some not so good.There are also a few Xumo TV's which I didn't put in here due to Xumo being a bit of an outlier for streaming.

Depending on how much you need to raise the rents to market, the other updates in the building that are needed, how quickly you can rent to market rents will all drive your decision.

If you are going to get a conventional loan, you must buy the property in your name.