My recommendation would be to bring on a consultant to do this for you and you manage them.

Sometimes you can bring to life an old cabinet simply by painting it, putting new hardware on, and maybe updating a light fixture in the room that shines brighter, and not yellow. 

My primary strategy is Fix and Flip, and I bring a DIY attitude to every project.

It really depends on how much value you think that extra semester will bring to your goals!

Need about $125,000 in CAPEX between the units to bring them up to current Subway image. 

The only other option would be to get a coborrower to bring the down payment or get seller financing with a lower down payment. 

all of the units were updated except one, which I did put alittle money into to bring it update to date with the others, so that would have helped the value a bit I would think almost a year later. 

I am in Orange County, California, and a 4-unit in Newport Beach with one unit being a 3/2 for example LTR would not bring in 7K gross income on that unit.

Is it worth bringing in my contractor first to see how difficult it would be or should I call the gas and water companies first?

wouldn't bring this one to a partner or anything just satisfying my own desire to get a foothold in a place i like to be.