This July, the tenant complained about a leak that managed to seep through the walls and onto the floor from the attic.

. $10/ft isnt enough for glass walls, plumbing, lighting.

Now if try tailing the entity on deed "up-stream" come to find it's a meandering trail of breadcrumbs, come to find they themselves are debt loaded via notes on properties to other entity, that again is a meandering trail ending in WY entity behind a wall of ownership interest in such so never get peoples names.  

Purchase price: $179,000 Cash invested: $15,000 Lived in the property for 1 year.Knocked down living room wall, replaced Hvac, floors and gutted and remodeled the kitchen, attic insulation, converted the living room and the dining area into rooms.

Quote from @Henry Lazerow:My guess is most of the deals selling go to newbies who have no idea what a rehab really costs or that once you open the walls the costs often go up 10's of thousands so you need a solid margin to make money. 

By installing our own, we remove the wear and tear and damage the tenants do by moving W/Ds in and out and hooking them up wrong (which is common) and using cheap components that cause leaks and destroy floors and walls.

Replaced the carpet with hardwood floors & new trim, painted all the walls, and completely renovated the bathroom What was the outcome?

Welcome to the world of re-opening the walls to show your plumbing and electric work.

@Sandee SampsonA construction attorney would be who to contact but you are going to spend a lot more than $7000 in getting this resolved against a builder.Also let’s say you win, the courts could also say you didn’t pay for a retaining wall which is needed so it’s a betterment to the property so you would still need to pay for the wall and they would be responsible for some soil etc.

Break down your rehab into individual jobs, for example get a electrician for electrical work, a plumber to repipe the house, a dry wall guy to close out the walls, etc.