Rehabbing 14 Unit, siding needs love. Thoughts on options?

[Chad Westfall]

Hey Guys,

I have a 14 unit apartment building that I'm renovating. It was build in the 70's with a combination of cinder block and stick. The whole building needs to be repainted. The siding they used for the stick framing portion is in poor shape. I cannot get a quote to fix it. Finally got a price to replace it, and its 65K+. I understand the building is large (~10,000) and prices have gone up, but I'm wondering at that price, are there other options I should be thinking about?

Anyone have any alternatives or suggestions? This is a long term buy and hold.