Very popular in the  70s when no one could  a new mortgage   Not so popular now  other than some parts of Hamilton and  Alberta. 

Even though it runs contrary to popular sentiment, don't ignore the professional realtor community.  

Your best bet is probably to find an older roofer as they are more likely to have experience with slate.

But, an office or sitting area may be the better bet.

Yeah I bet he is!

I'm pretty handy but have never done one before so getting one as close to the same size will probably be my best bet....

The golf course area is popular for vacation rentals, and anything somewhat close to the island and boat ramps.

I would love to just buy 2-4unit properties with the money as down payments but i don't want to lock up his cash for the next 30 years which would require a cash out REFI and thats betting that enough renovations have been done to provide the money, i estimate on a 150k property it would take me about 10 years to pay him back his. 20% down payment at 10% interest (this being done using my cash flow ) this situation doesn't seem ideal to me...

It is incredibly popular and unsecured)- Spend the $500 per deal to get full appraisals...publish thisIf you did the above and offered a 5 year portfolio rental product for 6%....it would be extremely popular for RE investors and be right up the ally for LC type money investors.

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