It seems like cost segregation has been a hot topic since podcast episode 689 and I'm going to keep that trend going. 

You can have the seller sign a disclosure of assignment agreement, but even then you will be in very hot water with the real estate council of BC.There are no wholesale companies or wholesale brokers in BC.

If household size is similar for your unit and the tenant's unit, half of the bills should be fine.

You could get in hot water down the road if you went to buy another one and the OR property was not your mailing address or something that indicated to the next lender that you did not live in the primary for at least a year. 

I know for a fact after having been in this business for a number of years and a couple of cycles that when the market is red-hot, contractors do jack up their prices, stand you up and are just all around unprofessional.

@Nick Narine I know Tampa is definitely a hot market!

Wanting to grow in scale - and I saw the opportunity to trade a hot asset - residential mf - for an under appreciated one - commercial mf - How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

The market is pretty hot right now so it's even hard to find a property that will cash flow right now with 20% down. 

It gets hot in summer. 

The market is still very hot so you would have a very difficult time finding sellers who are willing to sell you units at below market value when they can still easily get top-dollar.