They will likely also need to close any access points to satisfy city inspectors that the now capped chimney cannot be used to "vent" anything in the future.You will likely want a demo team that is much cheaper to do the actual demo and haul off, but you need either the mason or an engineer to stipulate how far down they can/should demo, while leaving enough room for the cap to be effective and maintain any structural rigidity into the future to not create more issues.Long story longer, I would call more licensed, insured contractors.  

Of that 50M, 25M was allocated for the construction of a new recreational faculty that has since been completed.

While the property requires renovations, inspections and estimates have been completed, and construction is now underway.

Being out of state, you will want an agent who has good relationships with reliable inspectors, title companies, contractors, property managers, lenders, wholesalers, insurance agents, other RE agents, etc.

Heather,First off congrats on the land investment and looks like your almost ready to start the pre-construction process.

Secondly, he again did not fully disclose everything and was pushing for the signature on the final closing documents, in them he has 2 seperate title agencies involved as well as a third party construction company listed as the policy holder for the insurance for the home, and the figures for sale are different from those on the sale agreement document that I did sign, with clauses included that state if the title is not free and clear that the buyer has the right to sue me for insurance purposes and to cover the silent second mortgage that I was only informed of because the title agency called me to say something was up after arranging the notary to come to me to sign the final documents (at which point I said no and had a copy of the closing documents emailed to me), and again the so called real estate agent negotiating the transaction is listed as the buyer (under the guise of being part of ushomebuyers.com, same as the agreement to sell). 

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You always hire professional cleaners if it's an old person's home and construction cleaners if it's a disaster area.

If you get a high-paying tenant in there, you can increase your odds of increasing the home's value.So you’d prioritize cosmetics upgrades, or a whole remodel, rather than “new construction”?

The hope is to build experience and open more doors in the future for new builds.I also just had lunch with a banker on Friday who said they have been opening up and relaxing on real estate again…for everything except non-owner occupied construction - that is still a no go for them.