It has been this that has held me back from pulling the trigger on my dreams of REI.So, I need to find creative ways to rebuild in spite of debt and the ex husband.

The city is in rebuild mode.

Are you going to repair the existing development, or rebuild with the seed capital you attain from the insurance claim?

So I "solve" it by rebuilding my pro-forma from scratch. 

Contractor will rebuild the guts and have you pick out the interior features.

I personally am rebuilding my life from a divorce and have limited funds.

Perhaps their plans are to turn buildings condo or take them down and rebuild.  

I was wondering if that would be a great investment for me.1) Purchase for 90k2) unknown gut cost3) Rebuilding cost - 150K (for multi family unit and keep one and sell another)4) sell it .. 

Could be $150K if you get in there and realize that it needs to basically be torn down and you hire a builder to rebuild it.That said, I agree with the others that you're probably looking in the $40-60K range, assuming no major hidden issues...

If they have repairable credit (small amount of accounts in collections with small amounts), you can also help them rebuild their credit using www.lexingtonlaw.com (in fact, you can actually gain an affiliate relationship with them if you choose), but the only way this works is for your clients to pay off anything in collections, and pay any judgements they have as well (because anyone with a judgement won't be able to actually get a loan down along the line).