This was when I purchased my primary residence through a short sale back in 2011.

I currently reside in New York.

I will be residing in one of the units come the winter so I think just offering to compensate them for the usuage would be the best route for now.

current resident in Chicago land area and currently looking into buying first multifamily unit (3-4), probably going to house hack the property.

If this is your primary residence and you live in it for 2 years you avoid yet another charge: capital gains tax (probably 15% in your situation - another 15k).

Ok, so I'm no REI guru (yet), I have purchased two primary residences, and have two other rentals, but I have never heard of an agent charging to look at a property that I'm going to use them to purchase.

Our only thing stopping us at this moment is that we are currently doing a complete gut and renovation on our personal residence, (that should be a flip but we actually want to keep) we are putting all of our time and money into it.

The N4 form of the LBT in Ontario clearly states that this form can only be filed if the tenant still resides in the unit that i own.  

If you aspire to have rental properties you might like the financial benefits of keeping your existing house as a rental when you buy your next primary residence, if that's an option for you.Primary residence home mortgages have a lower interest rate than investment mortgages traditionally, so by buying your next primary residence and hanging on to your old one, you get to keep your lower interest rate on both properties.

My wife is the lending candidate as she is a W2 high earner with a 798 cr. score with only mortgage debt on our primary residence.