i know this was a while back for you....but i am now having trouble with being charged a 1% fee as a buyer. did you ever get the problem resolved???

Hey Andy,As a fellow Canadian, I'd like to compate note and see how you've been managing.

What an incredible story --- just goes to show what focus, resolve and creative thinking can do.  

That 6k a month will take a hit but your issues with credit will be resolved.

Hiccups happen, but it is how those Hiccups get resolved that makes all the difference in the World.

If such a "surprise" comes up during the narrow inspection period window, the contract might be canceled outright, or at least create some drama no one wants or needs.Contract cancellations are expensive for everyone involved and totally unnecessary if you get your own inspections up-front so you have time to resolve the issues that may scuttle your deal and make the sales cycle take longer than it should.Good luck with it.

Instead, use it as an opportunity to expand your knowledge and refine your due diligence process for future investments.Wishing you the best of luck with resolving the electrical issue and with your rental property endeavors.

But most problems can be resolved with a phone call or letter.

., to perform the activities for which Value Property Investments was organized—he was not carrying on a trade or business as contemplated by section 162(Business deduction).Nonetheless, in order to resolve the matter before us, we do not need to decide whether investor's business started at the time he purchased the 1st property or at the time he held it out for rent, because, in any event, the expenses in question here all occurred before the purchase date, i.e., before December 30If the earliest possible date investor was actively carrying on a trade or business was December 30, 2004, then any expenses incurred in that year but incurred “before the day on which the active trade or business” began, all the expenses incurred from January 1 through December 29, 2004--would be, by definition, start-up expenses whose deductibility, and possible amortization, is expressly dealt with by section 195(Start up amortization)."

I have 2 SFH's that need some plumbing done and I need a good plumber who can resolve my issues the first time at a fair price.