Discount agents come with different levels of service and you can  figure out what level you need.

Again, others might feel differently here.3) property level due diligence: (takes seconds to weeks per deal): here is where I drill in with the low-level details.a) pro forma popping: I examine all the assumptions, and see if they are overoptimistic or not.

We also have several levels of housing. 

My advice would be to assess your risk level (I personally love risk.

It was a fixer upper with wonderful bones.

You are overreacting to an embarrassing level.

Since you need to make some improvements to get the rents to market levels, it could make sense for you to inform all of the tenants you will not be renewing their leases so you can fix all of the units at once and then get them rented. 

There is some gray area here from the seller's perspective as not all brokers operate at the same level as I do. 

Im not a self fixer upper guy, so not real interested in those types at this time.

You can find fixer upper multiunit properties which will in turn cash flow better after you renovate.