I know its not always fun but I do not think it is fair for you to be footing the bill either. 

I'm looking for a painter for a small job (384 square foot apartment turnover) in Tacoma.

The only thing that I do have is an additional 1250+ square foot at more than $75 a square foot in profit when the renovation is completed.

Don't get caught up on price per square foot of a tear-down house.

If you have to level ground, box out soil, add 10" of stone, etc, your costs will push up toward $30 per square foot and at $0.45-50 per square foot in rent, I don't see that as too favorable.

I can answer the “knock down” portion...I was quoted $10,000 to knock down a 3500 square foot wood-frame house and dispose of the materials.  

What's the cost of new construction per square foot?

Most Management company help with the eviction process; however, the owner will be footing the eviction bill.

As a personal aside, i installed a 5-foot by 9-foot quartz countertop in my own personal dwelling to facilitate lunches with my wife and 4 kids, and it's too big. 

I had a contractor say it would be 4-5 thousand to excavate the window the height required and the value added after would be close to 20k since it’s 200+ square feet at about $100 a square foot