Conventional mortgages may be slower to close, but are significantly less expensive than hard money.I recommend partnering up with some private money.Offer:5% down (at least some of your skin in the game)6% preferred return50/50 profit split at the endI'll bet you can find a few investors immediately.

Sounds like your best bet might be to 2 of the income properties and pay cash for those. 10% interest and 4k in points is too much imho.

That makes the payout about $1.50 per a dollar bet.

In the REI space, I'm willing to bet that we're probably one of the rare few sites that don't hawk your info.

I bet you could get more bang for the buck with some good trim/shutter paint and landscaping.

When we get offended - that is to say taken out of a positive mindset ubruptly - we begin to have a less that positive outlook.We ended the discussion having decided that the best bet is to compliment other houses in the neighborhood.

In Montreal there are still areas where you can bet on appreciation, but it will be harder to have a good cash flow. 

@Jimmy ChinHI JimmyYou can send a threatening certified letter from your attorney telling him you are going to seek someone else to finish job and he will be billed for work.You are in a tough spot, and I bet most people on BP have been in the same predicament, including me.  

You have 3 2x4 making a column on each side to support it.

@Dusty Bowlingdid a great job with 13 flips in a year, but as he said, he has been doing this for 10 years, and I bet he already has systems in place, and relationships with Realtors, contractors, title companies, etc.