And so he saw what he wanted to see, and managed to avoid the massive amounts of material that did not support his position.This phenomenon is a form of cognitive bias, and it is extremely common.  

Then, an emergency fix, massive labor costs, leads to a huge special assessment, and you have to pay in all the cashflow you may have received over the prior few years.Windows, they love to replace them.Let's also not forget, the city is about to raise property taxes.

Any help is massively appreciated!

Treat it like a buffet.

if you are not using a contractor, how do you handle such a massive job with very little time to manage the project?

So if you are in the top tax bracket you see massive savings.

also there are judgements against the property, how do i go about continuing to advance on this property and not get completely screwed if the "owner" has massive liens against the property that will put me upside down on this?

That description of the property sounds pretty bad, but it does sound like they were able to get the bugs out of there if they ended up living in it.The chemicals are something to worry about - I'm thinking a combination of bombs and spreading a massive amount of diatomaceous earth (food grade) around the property until the rehabs are done.

Thats a tough model, and does not include the money to build the actual property.There are TONS of developers building massive structures down your way - I'm sure there are plenty that would show you EVERYTHING for just a minor equity investment in their venture.

My business is mostly passive so I have massive amounts of free time on my hand.