With real estate, investments, and lending- all fields closely tied to construction- Gator Lending has provided me with structured, in-depth training, covering everything from legal intricacies of corporate structures to real estate finance law and SEC regulations.

If the drywall is in good condition overall and just needs cleaning and paint, this is probably you're most practical path forward. 

Most folks think that this is referring to a practice called basis shifting which would allow your moms estate to sell property to you at an inflated price in order to take advantage of the tax free step up in the estate.  

Some RE attorneys I have worked with have simply stopped practicing law inside the The City of Cleveland because the Housing Court is a Kangaroo Court. 

My question to this forum is, what's the best practice here?

I also avoid contractors who have dedicated sales people who drive logo wrap vehicles.I tend to support diversity where contractors who were born outside of the United States or were Veterans in the Armed Forces have worked out best for us.What are your best practices for choosing contractors?

Institutional private lenders operate on a larger scale with more structure and formality, offering quick and flexible funding but within a regulated framework.

It's not a bad idea, it's just going to be difficult to enable as a practical matter.

should regulations target the big institutional buyers? 

It isn't practical to find "affordable" GCs, at least we've not been able to in our rust belt market, where home prices are way below national average.