I am looking at a project that is a historic building that sits in an Acre and is 8700sf . very walkable to lots of amenities,restaurants,grocery, schools, government offices e t c.in the past i have remodeled SFH ,renovated industrial builings to retail centers (sizes up to 15000sf)Project Scope: i am thinking retrofiting and add an addition and have aprox 32 units of apartments with elevator, and finishes stainles appliances,granite tops, study says that target tenants are milenials,retiress and due to proximity to government offices government employees.current rents go for 1bed 900-1000 and for 2 bd 1100-1200 . the sf need for 1 bed is 800sf ( should be able to rent according to the study for $1200)and for the 2 bed is 1200sf( should be able to rent according to the study for $1400)for this area.14 1 bed x $1000 =$14000 x12=$168,000. year18 2bed x $1200 =$21600x12=$259,000 yeartotal yeqarly income $427,000.00 -8%$34,160)vacancy (study says 3% for this area)=$392,840.00 yerly gross income.using current rents for fast stabilization as the goal is a non recource loan.i have couple questions that i would greately apreciate your input. 1)is it worth going after tax credits and how do i find more information?

How great for you and your family to make a decision to elevate your lives through real estate! 

The building has exterior walls and windows, fire suppression, HVAC, elevator, roof, plumbing and electrical connections on each floor.

Perhaps more importantly, the challenge forces me to practice my "elevator speech," selling my services in common situations to people I meet.

Very few wetland pockets, some of which actually creates a natural buffer between the road and the site, access from 3 sides, elevation changes of about 70-80 (which is good for this project).

today I made a call:me: I would like to preview a commercial mixed used unit...agent: sure before you go please consider that its a total rehab, need elevator, sprinkler and mechanical. please have you buyer understand, by MY calculation that it need $2M in renov... (15000 sqft)me: thank you for heads up, I'll talk to my client....

I have found that my educational debts tend to tie my hands with many of the lenders because they elevate my debt to income ratios. 

Not the people who are trying to elevate themselves beyond their familial background.

Freight elevator scheduling can be do through the front desk or myself.Thank you!

The one downside is no doorside parking, however the city put in a new parking garage literally steps across the street so parking would not be an issue.The building I've been investigating is 11 stories, has 4 or 5 owners not paying their share of electric, maintenance fees etc, and all floors have different owners except one owner owns 2 floors which happen to be for sale -- I've noticed the owner (of the 2 floors for sale) recently had posts up trying to lease the office space - (crappy ad) and I've also noticed he tried to auction the floors (sale didnt go through) and he's also had liens filed on him by the condo association for not paying his share of the bills.My thought was to find an outside investor or do this myself (floors could be had cheap) build an alliance with the floor owners who are paying their share and wrestle control from the non conforming owners, then reform the structure of the ownership of the building where it could be sold in whole again, hence creating value.I'm very familiar with the building and know my city backwards and forwards, connections etc - think this building has had some horrendous marketing done for the office space, (no website, brokers in town not wanting to steer clients to this building etc)   I definitely think this place could be turned around and once you pay the specials off (about $39k per floor) rents of $7-9 a sq ft (full service) would cash flow nicely - not to mention the upside one has if partnering with the other owners and changing the ownership structure.Maintenance wise I believe one big complaint is the elevators (2 of them plus a freight elevator I believe) -- One sounds like it needs serious work.