However, when they move out of unit B, they will have to leave it the way your rented it to them; If it isn't in the same shape, you'll have to deduct from their security deposit for any repairs needed that exceed wear and tear anyway.

Ones who love it the way we do, and care for it the way it should be.That is going to be a tough act to follow, but you know how I feel about a challenge :DSincerely,MarkPS: We also saw the worst "tear off" roof I've ever seen in my career, and I've seen some bad ones!!  

I shared it with an investor friend/coach and he said he would only buy as a tear down bc it is a stilt house. i was surprosed and bummed bc i saw a lot of potential for profit. 

Can I tear that one down and put more than one on the property?

I"m like oh crap now what...Well apparently they started ripping out the dry wall and tearing up the floor to get to the root cause of the water problem while I was at Lowe's.

When tackling a big job, especially on an old house, I include demo labor "to fill X number of dumpsters"One time we ended up tearing out a house that had drywall.Behind the drywall was plaster board.Behind the plaster board was plaster and lathe.After we hit the plaster board, we drilled a core sample in a few rooms and realized... yeah, it's everywhere.

The seller had to tear the motel down and the lot has been vacant for 30 years. 

What developers are doing is buying these lots, putting a condo in place, fixing up or tearing down the original structure and selling the two properties to separate buyers.In my opinion it is time for you to get off the boards and start doing real market research and studying the zoning rules where you want to build and come up with the strategy that makes the most sense for you.

You mite be farther ahead to just buy some paint grade trim and tear the old off and put new up.

It's often not bad at all but I've seen houses with extensive damage that was hardly visible without tearing things apart.