Focus on building a network of contractors for repairs, set clear boundaries for house hacking, and take advantage of tax benefits.

Architecture did a design and well respected contractor estimated the buildout of 4 plex would be an additional ~800k for total project cost of ~1M. it would be ~1.2M for the 7 plex.  

Foundations are tricky because there are usually multiple ways to address something and foundation contractors like to scare people into spending the most possible. 

However, my contractor has informed me that a large part of the dead tree is still hanging over the garage and is likely going to fall during another storm and probably destroy the garage again.

Was a group that sets up in the city, finds the wholesale deal, hires out the contractor, has an agent already. 

Meanwhile, in the 4 years in limbo massive redevelopment was occurring in the area, and we were offered an amount equal to our investment plus a reasonable profit by a developer.   

It seems reasonable, but be sure that only your contractor is handling any of the work.

If your landlord wants more rooms painted, I would tell him to hire a contractor and I pay 3200.You can roll two rooms in an afternoon and in the end it's only $100 and at least you have someone who seems somewhat flexible.

For me, this means I provide them with the pertinent telephone number to contact me, the name and number of my contractor, and my email address.

I am  realtor and my husband is a contractor- we want to get a heloc on the condo so we can begin out first flip together and be able to use the funds when we need and then put it right back after closing.