It sure is hard to live by all these stupid rules but I think that whatever you choose to do, it will be alright as long as you don't post it on social media.

@Moshe Bloorian BP is a social media with concentration on real estate.

(The events page now includes Canadian provinces, just scroll all the way down to the end of the "State" part of the physical address.)

Can't see the forest for the trees, and all that.)My dad is 73, and lives on Social Security - about $1,400/mo. 

I also noticed that many Canadians use insurance brokers, and I am also wondering what are the benefits and costs of using an insurance broker.

Hey everyone I am new to Canadian real estate investing and have been told to buy my first property using a corporation however I've also heard that some banks won't allow you to close or purchase an investment property with a new corporation without personally guaranteeing it, should I just buy a property in my own name and later create a holding corporation?

The next couple days ended up approximately half the time spent going over what we already covered in Boots On the Ground: Including, Wholesale, How to use social media, What is a hashtag?!

Certainly won't protect you from fairhousing fines and penalties.Where it really protects you is if you have someone working for you and they mess up, then the financial damages would limited to the LLC, assuming you weren't part of the negligence involved.Regarding taxes, using an S Corp treatment can help with situations around self-employment taxes, which is just social security and medicare.

@Brandon Sturgill actually I am a veteran but Canadian thanks for the advice

We are also putting 30% downOur plan is once we have the visa + social security number we can build credit then refinance with a 'standard' loan in around one year from now.My question is we have been offered 8.74% with 1.25 in borrower paid points, these points translate to a $2,811 fee added to your closing costs.