What they are proposing is $1700 to move in, they will maintain and upgrade the yard, change out electric stove for gas stove, replace a faucets, toilets, and some other upgrades to expand out the master bathroom.

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.

Conventional cash out refinances stop when the proposed cash out refinance would be financed property #7.The ONLY exception to that, however, is for your primary residence. 

Basically, the program is continuing without change for the time being.I'm currently authoring a blog post which will discuss the proposed changes, particularly as they relate to the real estate investment community.

Creative contract proposals, financing and  and the ability to make offers, in my opinion are the skills needed to make an awful lot of money in the shortest periods of time in the real estate business.

I like that model, do you find resistance from banks/lenders when proposing those terms?

I'm am currently working on a proposal package for a group of investors.

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?"

There was also a proposed law in Hawaii that would have also put us out of business (our profit is about what managers charge).