The plumber came out while in escrow stated it would be $8,800 and we got it covered by the seller to do it. 

The seller was my mentor when I first started buying rentals.

For Phoenix, what's in higher demand? 

This time the seller was anxious to get it off his books and sold to me.How did you finance this deal?

As a result, there is less demand for off campus housing in the immediate area and its become easier to lease housing closer to campus if you are a Temple student wanting to live near campus.Keep in mind there  is also a narrow windows to lease to college students and if you miss their leasing windows it becomes difficult until the summer to lease units.

First, I’ll send my hopes and prayers to the seller that you can perform.

if the wholesalers actually follow the law and make those disclosures and the sellers are not completely devoid of real estate knowledge those who wish to wholesale are going to spend a bunch of money only to lose the deals in the 11th hour. 

This is part of the "due diligence" period, and it is so important.My advice would be to figure out the demand in the area for larger spaces.  

Architect is just demanding more money and I guess we have no other alternative  Demanding more money and refusing to do it are two different things.

As a landlord be symethetic to the tenants, and use your available resources to assist when they need it, but do not give into demands for situations outside of your control.