I just had a house where a breaker popped and the electrician figured he would be able to find the source pretty easily, but it was 3 days and $1600 later.

Sounds like an anti-investor policy to me.Is this a deal breaker?

The fact that he admitted to you that he had a lot of "enemies" would be a deal breaker for me.

Electric: Does the panel have fuses or breakers?

On December 12, 2013, the Circuit Court of Cook County entered general order 2013-07 effectively stopping the Cook County Sheriff from enforcing eviction possession orders.

Most of the electrical work is minor, adding circuits, a new outlet, etc.

They are rule breakers and rule breakers seldom stop at only breaking one rule.

Not sure how expensive the repairs will be, but this may ultimately be the deal-breaker for me.

It is possible, but much less likely, that the inspector will find something that is a deal breaker to you.If you don't have the experience or aren't able to get out there and do a detailed inspection yourself, always get an independent third party to inspect (find your own inspector, not one through the turnkey provider).

My original budget was 15,000, I will be about 30,000 all in after this week when my last tenant moves in.Here is why:3,000 in unknown structural repairs (termite damage)3,000 in unknown electrical repairs (they had KnT hidden in the walls upstairs, yet tied into new romex at the breaker box, and the outlets/fixtures, it was all replaced)3,000 stolen from my original contractor that I had to fire (lied about work being completed, redoing much of the work he was paid for/ did not actually do) 2,000 for a new AC just crapped out last weekI would say the other 4,000 or so was my own decision to replace a few appliances, add higher end flooring and fixtures, and just overages on my end.