I do need to get the house appraised since I've done some upgrades to it; like remodeling the kitchen, adding solar panels on the home, and other little cosmetic work. 

Hi Brianna,If the city building department website says emergency wreck it means that the city already decided that the condition of the property is bad and I would assume that the kitchen remodeling cost is further down the list.  

Instead I’m working to build a complex that will allow the working people nicer apartment living than an outdated remodeled c class building.

(if you would like to learn more about how we find, and track off-market deals check out https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/556219-flip-in-the-historical-district-of-downtown-tucson ) Once under contract, our construction team put together a comprehensive estimate for the remodel and our investment team began running a financial analysis and a market CMA.

I'm curious about anyone's experience using HD or Menards to come in a do the rehab work (remodel a kitchen, all new flooring, etc)

We were in the middle of a massive remodel, so the $3000 spend was one trip to Home Depot and the Lumber Yard.American Airlines flies to Hawaii for as low as 35,000 miles round trip.

I also plan to ask if they will break out their remodeling costs so that my CPA can accurately depreciate the work done on the property.I was wondering if any of the BP community has a checklist that they use when interviewing and hiring a contractor?

Let’s say we sell R and after the sale related cost (commission, closing cost, remodeling before putting it on mark, etc), we have $325K (part of it has been used to paying off the loan of course).

I still owe about $70k and est. value around $95k (remodeled kitchen/dining room). 

We already started the remodeling and the initial plan is to sell it, however, I am starting to think about keeping it and renting it.