You need sufficient rental income to cover your expenses, or you bleed money. 

Otherwise, you won't have the extra funds necessary to cover the rising costs of goods and services in the future.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

Talk to your insurance agent and be sure you're covered.

Due to past poor management of the environmental infrastructure, the river has become illegal to swim in in certain parts, and after rain falls the entire river is off limits to swim or fish in due to the heavy amounts of pollution ending up there that the city has not had the infrastructure to deal with in the past.But this all began to change in 2017, when the Virginia General Assembly passed the largest infrastructure project in Alexandria's history to make the Potomac River swimmable, and fishable by the year 2040, and they have made significant progress recently with the completion of the 2 mile long, 100-foot deep Waterfront Tunnel named Hazel.Named after environmental activist Hazel Johnson, the Hazel Waterfront Tunnel will prevent millions of gallons of combined sewage from polluting the region's waterways.

So the concrete slab and post burn debris would in theory be covered up when it's leveled to its seal level height requirements.

If the rental income doesn’t sufficiently cover the debt payments by their standards, they’ll limit the loan amount, even if the property is worth more.You could try a few alternatives:•Look for lenders who specialize in commercial real estate and have more flexible DSCR requirements.

I have been in construction/rehab/renovation most all of my life so I have that covered.  

Maybe Airbnb it a few times, cover some expenses. 

These templates cover various aspects of subcontracting, including responsibilities, materials, and liabilities3.

But, it covers enough of the basics.Again, believe what you will.