I'll definitely be reaching out to most of them to add to my vendor list.Another flooring vendor that was recommended to me by a local investor was Parker's Wholesale Flooring in case you all need another contact for that area.On a personal note, I have a stone retaining wall at my own house that needs mortar repair.

I can help get liquidity to someone in need as well as gain an asset that probably will retain most of its rent value.

If you do but the zoning official thinks it looks good, then you will likely have to retain an attorney.

And if a lawyer you retain tells you that your wholesale deal is legal, nothing anyone writes in this forum will matter more than that.

For one or two properties this may not be terribly punitive, but if your plan is to grow your property holdings in the U.S.A. over the coming years, you may want the ability to control how and when any revenue is repatriated to Canada ... in this case, you may want an incorporated entity (LLC) in the U.S.A. to "own" the properties {there are pros and cons to this approach as well} which will enable you to keep any retained earnings in the U.S.A. - unless you choose to repatriate them.If you plan on holding properties in Canada as well, depending on your income from other sources, you may want a Canadian company in the mix as well.  

The home is being sold by the owner, the owner/seller retained a law firm to write the offer. 

I have been looking into this for awhile and almost bought my first vacation rental in March but found out the retaining walls need to be replaced.Stories like yours encourage me to keep looking.

• Is the LA or SS negotiator normally privy to the value assigned by the BPO agent or appraiser retained by the lender?

My experience is that each title company, if not onwed by an attorney, has an attorney on retainer for title issues they can work through when needed.

This way his lease would survive a foreclosure and he would retain his rights as lessee for 25 years to offset the 100k (250,000K in rent value).