Make sure you can afford health care for a family of 5 if you leave W-2.

@Steve Morris we are all entitled to a health dose of skepticism.

It would be impossible to eliminate these industries to make way for the flat tax... probably just as difficult as eliminating private for-profit medical insurers to make way for true universal health care.

Hey @Jordan George, as a Torontonian working in the US (currently in Dallas) for the last couple of years I'll echo all the major points already made above.Lending standards and qualifications are tighter back home than in the US so you won't find near the number of financially distressed sellers in Canada (generally speaking) but anyone could be laid off/have a health scare/divorce at any time of course.

With some research I found a bar code on the battery in the garage.

What brands do you recommend and what types do you prefer (battery operated vs hardwired, wifi or not, etc)? 

I like time with my kids and I work to live and not the other way around.2) I still have to put food on the table and have health insurance which means keeping a W2 job. 

I’ve also had scenarios where one battery died and it was advantageous to have a second phone with my contacts.

At minimum every rented room should have a smoke detector  (ideally hardwired,  batteries WILL walk away) and a fire extinguisher.   

Assuming the lease has written terms on the topic, or the laws defines abandonment timelines, I would have given abandonment notice, had the pet picked up by animal control, locked the door and waited per the law before tossing is belongings.You can summon anyone to court that is in jail/prison, the police will just serve them in their cell, and deliver them to the court hearing.You really need to take some time and read over the landlord laws for your state: https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/environmental/healthy-homes/hh/renters.html