I'm so thankful for this community offering wisdom so quickly and willingly.I'll be going forward with arranging the mother and daughter in the lease from the start.Cheers!

If our properties did double their value (and they have about doubled in the last 4 years and we're in the early stages of revitalization), we'd have made 750k more than he did.

I would like to be hands on with my projects and fully comprehend each stage.

I simply shared a fact I thought a fellow BP poster may find interesting; I'm not staging some elaborate play within a play with the aim of sullying the good name of the QI industry.   

Oftentimes one company can arrange for all.

We've got clear heads and I'll only be entering into this arrangement if I am 100% confident this deal would stand on its own.

At this stage in my investing career, I wouldn't do it, but who knows if down the road in a few years I will be arguing with some 20 something investor saying the exact same things you are saying.

Unless you are talking about small local banks or credit unions, it would be highly improbable for one to be able to get a sit down with the one in charge of making such decisions and then granting your wish.You would be better served to make relationships with the top REO brokers in your area and when they have deals coming down the pipeline, you would want to arrange access immediately following the eviction/clean-out so that you may assess the property and calculate your max offer amount.

9) Dual agentsTo be fair, some of the things they published WERE fraudulent like bribing BPO agents or reverse staging, but thier misleading publications are going to have Realtors up in arms about short sale investors.

@Filipe Matos Oren K. brings up a good point, Toronto is its own little microcosm and, it ay tenants use their ability to appeal during any stage of the process, the Tenant Board tends to be severely backed up which could effectively double the timelines in the act.