You can purchase your new primary with a variety of low down payment options and may not even need to pull much (or any) equity out of the current house.

I have had to remove basketball courts in the past due to a variety of issues.

After researching quite a bit, I have come across the niche in which investors seek out 5-20 unit commercial properties for a variety of reasons.

Now that I *am* married, for a variety of reasons not worth getting into, I absolutely consider it a joint asset and am considering adding my wife to the title  to make that official.I thought I would need to do this title change at the time of the refi, but my current lender and one I'm considering doing the refi with both said I could basically do the title change before, at the same time as, or after the refi since it's just adding my spouse.

Some varieties of mold are toxic and may cause adverse reactions in certain individuals.

You can break  down your expenses and income in a variety of ways to track how well various properties or other aspects of your business are doing.Depending n the size of your portfolio you may want to go with specific rental property software like Buildium.

I will work with a realtor,  but like to get a variety of opinions in a forum such as this.Larry, I've been speaking with Jeff Murray from Canada Homes for Rent Property Management.

As a lender let me say that I think you are better off cultivating relationships with a variety of bankers at several different institutions.  

Then I can help manage the fund by investing in a variety of vehicles such as private funding to developers, buy&hold apartment complexes, etc.My question is-  1) what licenses/certificates do I need to start such business?

There will always be people here that will says that's no deal for a variety of reasons.