You will find that it will cost around $1800 to do the required asbestos test, secure permits and do the tear down. standard 2 car garages with pad run around $14,000, plus or minus.

To me it is worth the few hundred extra to have someone come and test everything in the property and point out any issues that I might have missed.I admit though, I am new to all of this so am very much learning as I go as well.    

Call their previous, not present, landlord and ask test questions, (confirm address of the rental, rent amount etc.) to make sure it is not simply a friend of the applicant you are calling.

Moisture test is key

 ( I took my test 30 years ago )  But a licensed contractor , is required by law to carry insurance .

Enjoy the short lived niche opportunity while it lasts.... or has already passed.Even the local dispensaries won't want to deal with local growers because the consumer will soon want potency and purity testing, consistency, and name branding etc., and the dispensaries will stock what sells and that will be "Willie Nelson's Best Weed" and not your "grown down on 5th street" brand.

I have not seen many do that.on our bare land subdivisions we do that .. also we test the soil for certain elements if its been farmed heavily..

look into duct blasting test and blower door tests.

Now’s a good time to practice, network for your A-Team (attorney, PM, GC, CPA) and learn to scale.Always make a “ridiculous offer” of 75% ($337.500,00) of purchase/asking price ($450,000.00) to test the waters.

License application fee $120/fingerprints vary from agency/testing fees about $120 and classes about $600.