We moved into a house 6 mos ago, every since we moved in my husband's health has gotten worse he is 52 he has became extremely fatiqued, sinus probems has gotten worse, I was working at the time until 6 wks ago I would feel exhausted, you name it, I would push myself to go to work after I got to work I would get to feeling better then weekends came I couldnt hardly move fatiqued, pain all over my body now thatI am on medical leave due to getting ready for surgery my symptoms has gotten much worse I am chronically fatiqued, asthma attacks left & right every other day I am having an attack, so were both going down hill a couple mos ago we told the landlord we noticed some mold in basement he sent someone over to take care of it however all they done was paint over it, we noticed it was bleeding back through the paint we emailed the landlord told him of this, told him we felt this house is slowing killing us cause our health is going down hill he said he would let us out of our lease with no penalities, I am scared that our health is damaged by this & were oging to get out of here our health be so damaged we need medical attention, etc & we cant afford this, we also done a mold test & both tests show mold in container however we really dont have the money to send it off get tested especially now we have to move & be out the money for that.

Your other choice is a Purchase and Sale agreement, which must contain contingencies, just in case you cannot wholesale the deal.

This only applies to residential. ...Bill Gulley - That is not quite correct; here is a link to the relevant code:http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/1701j-3Upon reading that, under the "Exemption of specified transfers or dispositions" section, you will see the following text:Originally posted by US code on "due on sale":... the granting of a leasehold interest of three years or less not containing an option to purchase ...So for 3 years lease or less, there is no violation of "due on sale" from the federal perspective.

If you contain those two things you will be successful.  

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It is the underlying FACTS contained within the credit report that ARE relevant and important...slow pays, collections, lost/stolen credit cards, returned checks, former addresses and names, dates that accounts were opened, etc. etc.

There was a major chemical spill in the 80s that wasn't properly contained so there is a large section near the Garfield train station where high levels of chromium have been found in basements of homes.

the contract must contain a contingency that the contract Is contingent upon a third party approval.

Can anyone suggest some reading material that is not mostly "fluff" or motivation driven, and contains some solid strategies to start and grow a Real Estate portfolio in Canada?

They are very informative, and contain ample information. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/