Your biggest challenge will be standard financing, but that's where creative financing comes in.

To all the Canadian investors out there, has anyone come up with a creative and LEGAL solution to claim back the HST ITC's on expenses for residential real estate?

Any additional tips or creative ideas from someone who has gone through this would be greatly appreciated.  

Hi @Parker Mott, there's no issue for you to do what you're envisioning, though many of the Real Estate service providers (Realtors, lawyers, mortgage agents, etc.) you'll deal with are going to give you a hard time for being to creative.

Often times I would use creative financing with local banks and use private money in order to get the deals purchased.  

If the contract has not stated for that the writer did not specify the letters should be sent out or that there is a contingency with literally going to the tenants you might have to wait until after closing to do with the tenant.

Want to be the guy with all the marbles, whom everyone respects and comes to, be a successful wholesaler and control the inventory for all the rehabbers and flippers or lazy investors who don't want to do the work to find good deals, and will have to pay you for your creativity and effort.

I have also had a lot of buyers tell me that creative financing sweetens the deal so you should look into that as well.

Ok, small background.  I have a 9-5, wife works part time.  We have done a massive lot in the last year.  In the last 10 months, we've bought 5 rental properties (6 doors total) and bought a new personal home.  I don'...

Its really up to you to be creative.