The hurricane exacerbated the already long permitting timelines but the city was working on hiring more inspectors and others in the building department to keep up with the building boom we've seen over the last several years. 

I am considering buying the property in cash then hiring Servpro to fix the cigarette damage.

It would require being a process. 

;(- if as-is value is less then the balance on the mortgage + arears OOOPS you need to have the owner work with the bank, you as the investor buyer AND a short sales expert often an agent work the tedious and usually failing short sale process. 

Simply fire them and hire someone else.

This is within one year after I hired them.

It can make leasing a bit harder since you will have more vacancy when those come do but it will all be in peak season.With respect to the hiring decision, you would need to hire someone to replace you (perform the same functions you currently perform) so that you continue to work up the ladder (spending more time on higher value tasks).  

They sounded very promising and seem like they was right for the job, so we hired them to do our 2022 tax and to help do our tax planning for 2023. 

A few years ago, I hired Dalinghaus Construction to lift the foundation on a two story building that was built in 1925. 

She could hire a full service PM and net $1,840/mo.