For non-residents, lenders usually would only go up to 65% (ie 35% downpayment), but sometimes they do make exceptions if the client's profile and the property are great (i've seen them giving 80% to non-residents).I'm not sure about the tax.

The grout suddenly is non pourous and unstainable.Planning hardwood?

You can negotiate "non exclusive" options for $10 each.

People I know (the non-RE interested ones) are in trouble, a lot of units in my area are for rent, people are moving out with their tails between their legs it seems while others are saying that they're stuck where they are because the can't sell.

Until recently, there were even lenders who would do 100% financing on non-owner occupied.

A late payment is a breech of the contract, and most jurisdictions have a process for terminating a lease for "other than" NON payment.

Neither of us will have any "taxable" cashflow with which to approach mortgage brokers with, as any money I've made the past 3 years has been from poker (non-taxable, treated as a windfall in Canada).

If members & non-members could donate just a fraction of what this site saves them or just a fraction of the money it helps them make, we'd be LOADED, and able to build the new features and tools that we are planning much more quickly!

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Non-commercial sfr or multi-fam rehabs in decent areas.