So new flooring = capital improvement but refinishing existing flooring = maintenance?

This type of real estate does not exist in Sherman Oaks.

For the theoretical purposes we will exclude financing fees, but they do exist.

I would get someone to go to the city/county and order a set of plans and existing permits, both approved and outstanding, and look through them, and compare that with what your inspection show.

The existing brick building is 1,900 sq feet but I'm thinking the location would work for a storage facility if it was torn down, or keep the building and renovate the inside for secure document storage.

I'll preface that I have no experience with short sales - though theoretically possible, in practice, they do not exist here.That said, we have a clause in our agreement of purchase and sale that allows the seller to cancel w/o cause at the cost of 2.5 EMD.

Maybe the numbers are close and I do go for it.There is no textbook perfect method to anything, this place might make it seem that way but if that was the case this forum wouldn't need to exist.

Well, if I were appointed as King, many things would be different, there wouldn't be commercial banks in investment banking, security and banking laws would drop back to prior the Clinton years and securitizing anything that existed on the face of the earth wouldn't necessarily be allowed, such as SFDs.

If you are using one entity or using your personal ownership I would urge getting an umbrella policy added to your existing policy on each building.

From what I understand, if they can ultimately charge you for unpaid utilities, they will typically tell you about unpaid balances if they exist - if you ask them.It looks like you are very perceptive about picking up on little clues.