What attracted me to this property was the prospect of it being relatively turnkey, but upon discovering that the foundation was a problem, I just rolled up my sleeves and reevaluated my numbers.

If so did you tunnel under the slab and replace the cast iron with PVC, Jack hammer the concrete up and replace the pipe, or send a sleeve or liner down the pipe to coat it?

Now, time to roll up my sleeves and plan to update this unit and get it on the market again.

We originally had planned to clean it up and list it as a wholetail, but the couple we bought it from really wanted to see the home restored and go to a new family to enjoy, so we rolled up our (contractor's) sleeves and got the work done.

But we rolled our sleeves up and got to work.

Honestly, he had them on his forehead, his eyebrows, his ears, his chin, his neck and EVERY body part I was able to view in someone wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts. 

After closing starts the "roll up your sleeves" work with renovation and execution of the business plan, especially for value add or repositioning opportunities. 

So I say "vote no" to ballots in St.Paul and Mpls (agreeing with Evan's distrust of Mpls city council), then go back to the drawing board with a wider coalition willing to roll up their sleeves and work on this urgent problem!   

If you're willing to roll up the sleeves and know what the deal is worth, in my opinion an agent isn't necessarily a must with the big perk of saving the realtor fee.  

In the past I have worked on a few projects where we installed through the wall a/c units in sleeves.