Flipping is such a HUGE undertaking with so many moving parts; props to you for taking action and getting started! 

I understand that this is a significant undertaking and requires a contractor with specific expertise and experience in handling such extensive renovations.

This is a big undertaking and the legal fees are steep. 

Fire damage repair can be a big undertaking.

There can be good profits in it, but It can be a big undertaking.  

It was a huge undertaking, which we knew at the time, and at one point I thought we were in over our heads.

This will promote both cracking and the plaster pulling away from the lath.While a to-the-studs gut is the ultimate remedy, it is a filthy, filthy job - obviously the unit will need to be vacant and tenants in neighbouring units will still experience some dust.One other point, if the property is towards the end of the lath-n-plaster era (or the blue board and plaster era) ... ie. the 1930s - 1940s, you may want to have the plaster tested for asbestos content before undertaking a renovation.

How many projects is your company currently undertaking?

He showed up the next day three hours late and violently hungover, and then asked for an advance on a future job I wasn’t even sure I was going to undertake.

How do you undertake in these type of projects?