We did 7 rooms as a "sample" and had each phase of the work inspected by the building inspector - framing, insulation, dry wall, and final c/o.

Find out more before you hang this guy out to dry.

I haven't called employer's or landlords yet on them because, if I'm going to deny on credit score or the credit report, than it is cut and dry.. right?  

I can't imagine the neighbors have been paying property taxes on this entire lot or that the county would accept taxes for just a sliver.I'll admit I'm probably overly paranoid about this topic, stemming from the case in Boulder a few years ago where someone successfully took a slice of their neighbors property with adverse possession.

He quoted me:Moving bathroom walls/adding dry wall: $3KReplacing door with window: $1KAdding island w/ stove and oven: $4.5KRelocating sink: $3.5KAdding dishwasher: $600Replacing door w/ Wall and W/D hookups: $3.5KAdding privacy fence: $1.5KAdding central A/C: $6KFloors: $8KI haven't gotten a second opinion yet from another contractor.

(On the other hand, you may not want the dried marker dust against the wall or the rest of the white cabinets...)I've never had to install toe kicks brand new myself, but from fooling around with things like dishwasher openings and kitchen flooring, I've seen a couple of possibilities.  1) For "real wood" cabinets, they are made out of the same wood that the rest of the cabinets are. 

The other camp of investors puts off maintenance for as long as possible and essentially bleeds a property dry and may have trouble selling at the end because so many repairs have been deferred.

Looking for information on what you know about cost as I’m from out of the country...It’s in good shape from 1977 but needs to be reframed insulated and dry walled and then new electrical because right now the whole thing is exposed brick.  

You can inspect the roof yourself for any dry rot.

The super nice thing is that both sides are fully plumbed for a bathroom and are completely dry walled, the occupied side even has a fully finished BEDROOM that isn't being counted because they don't have an egress window down there!