To all the Canadian investors out there, has anyone come up with a creative and LEGAL solution to claim back the HST ITC's on expenses for residential real estate?

Go to flooring supply stores, there are couple of solutions outside of “home” improvement.

Home Depot is able to special order it but was wondering if there was a better solution/supplier.

Has anybody else in a similar situation found a win-win solution?

A flood policy is a possible solution but it has restrictions on what is covered in a basement and what constitutes a flood. 

Property solutions.

And with the intent of never actually purchasing the property, let alone having to rehab and then rent or market it thereafter, Wholesaling is the fastest way to develop the most valuable skills of deal finding and deal making.How is that for a "solution"? 

We operate as a team though...as an example, there is an investor portal where we can monitor the activity on all of our investor's properties.  

I hired HJ solutions as a general contractor for a job in he south suburb of Chicago.

My number one goal is to help find a solution to a sellers problem before my own interests in a property .