Texture and color matching - Your contractor can custom mix the stain or pigments to match the color of wood, natural stone, or whatever material you want.

If anyone would share their method of finding the homeowner of a house that they saw, that would be great.

Or you can go the tried and true method and just rent long-term obviously.

@Andrea Johnson This is very 'turnkey' in nature which is perfectly fine if that's your strategy.

Naturally, if you follow the process and pull your permits, the inspectors come during your build/renovation and do their job.  

.; find an accountant and attorney with cross boarder real estate and business expertise and develop the strategy for organisation and ownership which best meets your near, mid, and long-term goals ... naturally, you should do this before purchasing any property in Canada.

My concern is the the "due on sale" clause being executed by lending institutions when using these methods.  

Master lease options are great ways to control property, but I don't think I would use that method if I were going to be investing significant time and $ into a place.  

Hi all — I've been reading and listening for a few weeks now, but haven't dove into posting anything yet, but I've hit a problem and am turning to the community as so many times suggested.Nerdy questions, but I'm trying to calculate future real estate taxes for a property in New York City using the NYC Department of Finances' method, which uses their set cap rate applied to NOI to come up with a market value that they then apply a tax rate to.

We have 2 rental properties with basements that get wet on occasion, sometimes this is just the nature of a basement and can vary greatly from house to house.