Two problems with real estate:1) You can't move it to someplace better.2) It's a big fat target for governments in search of tax increases.

The reason I ask is the manager might not know where to get the best contractors at the best pricing.They might be calling someone out of the phone book etc.Those companies mainly do retail jobs and will do an occasional investor job and be slightly lower in price but not much.If you find a contractor that does investors jobs for their main business they understand you need a low price.They get in fast and complete and make money with volume of deals versus up charging fat profits on retail deals.The most expensive cost of tiles is the cost per sq ft to install them.Regular guys wants something crazy like 3 to 4 sq ft.You have to find someone to do the labor for cheap that lays tiles and that is the key.Make sure the property manager is not building in a fee for themselves into the bid or there is a main contractor using subs to up charge you.

A fat overfed cat may be more problem than solution.We have more of a problem with rats than with mice.

It's perfect for fat people since there is no elevation to deal with.

% of body fat? 

It seems mostly apparent from the ops description that the use of the word condemn here is in reference to building code violations being enforced in an order to destroy the physical structure on the land, and not seize the land through the use of eminent domain, nor to express disapproval.And when a municipality condemns your physical building, you don't get compensation like you would via eminent domain condemnation, but rather you get a big fat bill for the cost of demoliting the property.

The leash is being let go, you can now make your own rules ... provided you keep the family fat-n-happy.I've been consulting and building custom software & communications networks for a couple of decades.  

Since I'm in a time crunch, negotiations with the city prior to closing may be impossible, but after closing the city may feel as if they have no inventive to settle since a rich, fat cat investor now owns the properties.Any thoughts?

If a fat person wants to lose weight, their goal shouldn't be, "lose weight." 

They think that as uneducated chicken mcnuggets should get a piece of that fat pie.