I own a number of properties in the GTA and have made some great choices and some not so great... :)

I had no choice but to shelve my companies or have to figure how to operate with what basically was a 70% tax on revenues in total.

I was stuck in that same mindset for close to a year and I finally made the choice to expand my reach and start investing 30 miles away from the hot zone.

You made a great choice to join the community here at BiggerPockets.

Your choice.

That will give insight into possible choices.

If you have sufficient reserves I'd not worry about how it pencils out as investors look at it as it is your home.Hang on to it, I'd say, look at where you are in 5 to 7 years, you'll have options then.

He has sufficient debt-income for a personal loan and outstanding credit.5) I found a small bank that keeps their mortgages in house, but want to wait to approach them until after the sale of the house to show them my padded savings.Thank you

You have to accept that when the tenants call and say "the toilet is backing up into the bathtub" you have no choice but to deal with it ASAP.

However, I think I don't have much choice in this situation.