Oh and his supervisors wouldn’t know his exact pay but it’s public record.

It seems like that size purchase wouldn't make it worth so would love to hear more on that.I did a 1031 exchange here in Chicago, where we built a ground up single family, but then exchanged into a 19 unit building.

Appreciate all your feedback.The vast, vast majority of properties in Baltimore city, especially city properties cost more to rehab than they are worth, effectively totaling the properties, it’s great that you want to help fix up Baltimore but you’d be better spent working with habitat for humanity or something as opposed to flipping in Baltimore, especially in the cheapest areas.  

.: Quote from @Jerryll Noorden: No decent professional would take on an expensive job, start and finish it, and then charge you five figures without a contract in place.So, refusing to pay him might end up causing more headaches than it's worth.

What is the property worth when you are done?

You probably don't want the cheapest, but it is perhaps not worth paying for the most expensive, either.

Now, I live in Fort Worth and work full time as a Realtor.

@Jared Smith If the numbers don't work, then it may not be worth keeping. 

The land (3 acres) and the metal building alone are worth well over 300k in this area. 

It's more a ballpark to quickly gauge different homes and see if any of them are worth going deeper on.