We just have to hope mortgage rates decline a little bit in 2025 while the supply does not drop so that we can have more home sales in 2025 compared to 2024.

most contracts your 5k is your liquidated damages in most contracts. .. so snag that fire the agent and find another buyer if 13k is that important to you.. for sure not worth hiring an attorney for. 

do you need help obtaining the data you are talking about?  

Franky,You would use a Foreign National or DSCR loan for buying a property in the US while in Canada. 

Is there some specific point you wanted to dig into further? 

Watch out for fine print that requires an additional fee at closing - this is a huge red flag and how most flat fee companies make money.

Apparently, they are owned by the 10x PM company and at this time we are inclined to work with 10x as our PM so it makes sense to consider the "Nailed It" construction company as long as I get some positive feedback here :-) 

The hard money route is good, and that is something that I would for sure try to see what the best numbers from the lenders you can get right now.

This money is sent to a company that acts as the custodian and makes sure all the tenants bills are paid on time.

If you can work with the local bank, I would do that.