She wouldn't want them getting lifted or damaged.Probably need to move out all her food and various other things like extra cleaning supplies etc.

No extra excavation, or utilities or any other surprises.

You lost $1,000 give or take for doing a 1031, but you don’t owe extra taxes.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

On a "small" loan amount like his, he found it more beneficial to pay the extra .25% to rate to get the 3 year PPP. reason: it added only $17 per month to his payment every month; a small price to pay to open the door for refi or sale 2 years sooner. 

I was thinking having extra saved would help as well.

I always need to be busy so the "extra layers" that asset has is interesting to me and the value I can create is amazing.I like to keep busy if you can't tell.

So I get good mental exercise here, or try to, while getting some added REI "fix" and if I can get challenged that's just extra credit, as is learning something new is icing on the cake. 

Ex (random numbers pulled out of thin air)$100k purchase $160k ARV$30k reno but $20k at cost$15k holding costsTotal Cost:$145k cost or $135k with contractorWith the contractor at cost, I have an extra $10k of margin where I don't lose money, but obviously not ideal for the contractor since they would make less.I think a good way to price it would be the equity would equal your profit if you did a fee construction at slightly below the projected ARV, and slightly below the projected hold time.

It makes sense to rent and save up that extra money to apply towards a future purchase.