Immediately upgraded the common areas (land scapaing, new hand rails, fresh new paint colors, refaced the storage units with wainscoting, cleaned the garage so people could park easier, etc.)3.

Were any junior liens uncovered?

{Two years later they changed their minds and wanted to live in a freshly renovated unit - but that's another story].At the time we were renovating vacant units and both filling them with new tenants and moving existing tenants to free more units for renovation.  

Michael McDermott I just contacted Lee Stivale what a breathe of fresh air. 

He later moved to Citigroup and tried to do the same there, but was quickly fired after an internal investigation which uncovered his actions.

If you can uncover thier problem then you can offer a solution. 

As to your first question - I like option 1- let the firemen burn it down and start fresh -it just sounds fun. 

You have to uncover those yourself. 

As with any clients you will want to vet them when you meet them to see if they are actually serious or just fresh out of a weekend crash course.

The buyers do not want Jim Bob fresh out of training that has little to no clue what he is doing.