buy with cash and then refinance, or just finance right away?
which is the better option, assuming you have the cash? what advantages do you get from buying with cash and then refinancing after?
i'm mainly interested in this approach because, from what i've read, it allows you to refinance based on proven income from the property rather than your own personal income to debt ratio. this will allow you to grow your portfolio more rapidly, because you can get more loans. is this true in canada? it seems to me that you should be able to use income from the property regardless of whether you own it or not, at least, the mortgage broker should not care about whether you actually own the property already when considering its income.
are there any other options to going the cash -> refinance route? what are some major drawbacks of this approach? (anything specific to canada would be very helpful as well!)
thanks,
Russell