We even though about aquiring a local home restoration business for $250,000 and starting??

Aquire a local restoration company then use that to leverage more deals partnering with investors and contractors?

Your tenant pool for a period victorian restoration rental is going to be fairly small.

NO one does it better than those who =own them and are there every day to watch it like a hawk.. strike up relationships ( hopefully ) with tenants that they can massage into staying for years etc.   

They need to send a professional in to detect it, repair it and the restore your unit.

Threatening to delay closing is your only leverage to make sure things are restored to pre-vandalism state.

First, I love the houses in Old Louisville, and as much as I would love to restore one, I could never make the numbers work.

I thought of a small procedure cabinet, like a franchise medical massage or ophthalmology unit, would love to get your ideas on this one.        

Family First Restoration is a company I have used in the past to get rid of mold.

Essentially the Insurance company was paying out $8.53/sq for drywall and paint, they paid out the restoration firm for the remediation, demo and removal work, so the total claim was much higher.