Also, depending on your market, you could be bidding against idiot wholesalers, or international clueless investors!

There may be some additional internal policies with the HOA / property manager, that should be written, and consistently applied.

In my previous post I was trying to illustrate that some of the items in your initial list were not {closely} related and others were not merely arbitrary regulations or excises forced upon foreign investors, but exist for practical reason and are common business practices {not just in Canada}.Under the residential tenancy act in most provinces, there is a distinction between the "normal" termination of a tenancy at the end of term (Note that in some situations and jurisdictions, only the tenant is afforded the right to decided to terminate the tenancy) and termination with cause - which is commonly achieved through an eviction.The concept of "buying out" the tenant from their lease does occur, but it is a practice typically outside of the legislation (save for situations where the landlord  is entitled to exercise {early} termination - such as taking personal possession of a unit, carrying out significant renovations, or demolishing the property.   

California has legislated themselves into future irrelevancy.

Here's a triplex that we found that is quite close to the international airport, located in College Park, GA, that is selling for 153k.

I see myself starting small (Buy & Hold, possibly Flip), but I'd love to make my way into investing in larger commercial and international opportunities.

Many of the provisions in the draft legislation are subject to debate, but the EB-5 community across the board pretty much agrees that the provisions increasing the minimum investment amounts from $1m ($500k in a targeted employment area) to $1.2m ($800k in a TEA) are going to make it through.

Almost all sensor, motion, timer, wireless fan switches, ect will require a neutral for the internal circuit to function.

The lenders felt short-changed, and the justice department agreed with them, as did many key legislators and regulators.So, in your statement, the "extra $15K" probably goes for bail and defense counsel for the defendant (the short-sale flipper, a.k.a. you).To the point of your original question, "How is it possible for the Agent to make money off a short sale?"

I rent rooms mostly to professional interns for Google, LinkedIn, Stanford Hospital, Apple, NASA, and plenty other businesses.