The landlord business is not for everyone, and deep pockets are needed to stay afloat. 

No follow up.Maybe it'll work out or maybe not but I am not holding my breath. 

If you have deep pockets or a partner willing to pony up be prepared to outlay 30-40% of the project cost between down payment, closing, first construction draw, etc... while you wait for inspections and draws from the banks to be processed. 

Because the rents were so low, there was a lot of deferred maintenance, a previous lawsuit with a neighbor that a tenant told me about, and problems with garbage pickup because bills werent paidOverall, If I had believed the financial statements, I would be in deep doo doo now.

It is for people who have experience with rehabs, have deep pockets, financial analysis and an understanding of markets and market cycles. 

It might be the last to get hit, but the wound runs deep. 

if so, i would dig next to it to see how deep it is, it needs to be at least 18" to 24" deep, this is a barrier that keeps it from spreading past that. you will also just want to check for off shoots/ roots that may be going over the barrier, just trim them back. if the barrier is that deep and you keep the off shoots back you will be fine.

Unless your engineer supersize your foundation ie requiring 36" deep while it can be 24-28", then I don't think your project is anywhere near 150k, 100k should be enough.

There's just too many ways to get something occupied before you get that deep in trouble.  

I am already deep into the blogs, and beginner training.