So the effect is a confiscation of private property and a transfer of the property for no cost from the landlord to the tenant. 

Best exercise is going on a job site and working with a contractor line item on pricing.  

In the process of BUYING a PURE Option to buy a SFH subject to an existing loan (at a lower fixed long term interest rate)Let say the OPTION "Strike price" to BUY the property IF or WHEN the OPTION is EXERCISED is $300K The seller wants $60K to sell us the OPTION.

How do you effectively determine this and how do you propose to the bank to support your rehab costs (again guessing this has to come out of your pocket?)

Find out where you stand (whether they'd give you the loan, how your credit score effects it, and what your mortgage payment would be).

TT and Youtube also, but you'd have to funnel them to IG to be able to effectively DM.  

In order to harness as much of the effects that add to your net worth you want to buy as many assets as you can, and as much quality as you can afford.It is very tempting to go into cheap neighborhoods, but especially with the old housing stock we have in the Midwest capex will exceed cash flow over time and you are not building equity.Consider your first deal a proof of concept.

In my opinion, this is much more effective than texting, which often feels like a constant game of cat and mouse with phone carriers.

A debt relief company is probably your best and most cost effective option. 

Dollar/sqft is effective.