Socking away money in the sky somewhere for retirement has become something of a sacred cow, and I'm only asking people not to prejudge my proposition and to actually contemplate it for a couple minutes. 

It seems like nothing more than a real estate teacher looking for a Unique Value Proposition for his business.

The pyramids could be built many times over with that wasted energy, I am sure.Then we have the value proposition.  

This is by far the most difficult task you are faced with, particularly in Atlanta where the availability of competent contractors is a tough proposition.

So no opposition. about 7k in legal. which we were awarded and the only reason we did this is it is value add with upside that was worth fighting for.. ( plus I gave them 30k EM that I did not want to lose).That all said one would need to look at the value proposition and way it against the costs.And if the seller lost on the SP and you are awarded fees if there is no equity between what your buying the property for and the payoff.. then you would have to collect from the individual which as you know is a total crap shoot and from whats been talked about I doubt the seller has the money to fight this or pay if they lose...

In a scientific context, a theory is a set of propositions that are consistent, in agreement with observation and useful.

Leadership is not a "wait and see" proposition.

It's an entirely different proposition to go into a warzone and find the *worst* group of units in the warzone and hope that by helping that property you'll help the area.  

In RE a strategy like that should be a win/win proposition.  

.- I do not live in the area and have been considering selling the property, which makes putting the money into the property an unattractive proposition since I'd have to hold onto it longer and see out another lease just to break even on these repairs.- My RE Agent tells me that if I were to just sell the property "As-Is" once the current tenants move out (without installing the HVAC or making other repairs), that the property is likely a tear-down for a potential developer, and that he would put it on the market for $70K-$80K.