Depending on how bad is the foundation state (how many inches you have to correct), is very possible the sewer line will disconnect/break in the horizontal portions.

With that said, I'll probably just do the 20% down unless rates continue to inch higher.  

Hire it done professionally, document it within an inch of your life (before and after photos emailed to the tenant and yourself with time/date stamps), and deduct from the security deposit.  

I wouldn't stick 5 months with someone who doesn't get the job done.This sounds like you gave an inch and he's going 100 miles with it. 

If there are 24 pieces of siding that are 4" each, the wall elevation would be 8' tall. 24x4=96 inches. 96/12=8 feet.

Problem is there's not enough tiling in your bathroom.The tiles should not have ended just an inch beyond the edge of the bathtub.

The new government in DC is barely 60 days old.Yet one of the most noticeable early goals it has set for itself is the repeal of Dodd-Frank.Although this law is more complex than most people seem to think,it might be worth your while as a real estate investor to google it and familiarize yourself with some of what it does and doesn't.Those BP members who were in the game in 2006-2008 understand that Real Estate can be a blood sport.We like to beat up on stocks.We like to say an entire stock portfolio can be wiped out by some extenuating circumstances while real estate is tangible and can be driven to,visited and touched.However,thanks to NINA and NINJA loans (google them),real estate proved every inch as dangerous as stocks in 2006-2008.At least when most people own stocks,it's usually almost all their own capital.When mortgages go bad,you not only lose your own equity,but now you own a ginormous amount of money to a lender who must foreclose on you.Bankruptcy may follow as value add.I feel it's my responsibility as an experienced investor to throw this out here at this time in our national political journey for those newbies who keep salivating over all these tempting threads on BP about "so and so" buying "150 units in 12 months".Now more than ever,it's extremely important to learn from the bitter lessons of the not too distant past.leverage is a two-edged sword.The wise ensure they purchase a sheath as well.The new government's policy post-repeal of Dodd-Frank (if it's that easy) may well birth an unprecedented job growth explosion and asset appreciation that we never have to worry about rental units vacancies again.But experience tells every savvy investor that is a pie-in-the-sky expectation.So what is my company doing to prepare for what is to come?

That's a good technique, especially if you can give up a few inches of ceiling height.

Brush up on building code requirements: in basements you're looking for egress windows that are 5.7 sq feet or more openable (3ft by 3ft casement style windows work best), and ceiling heights 6ft 8 inches or greater (as little as 6 ft 4 inches is ok under ductwork and beams though)3.

$8,500.00-Permit -Inspection -Labor -Materials -Balance -Wire Apartment to code 15-4 inch color change LED2-Pendant lights 1-LED Bath Fan -Cat 6 Ethernet run -30 amp electric stove -Heated Bath floor (floor heat supplied by other)2-USB outlets 3-Dimmers -Outlets to code/ outlets or switches on brick wall to be in EMT conduit -Tv outlet -Smoke detector -1 wall accent lighting (fixture provided by other )Hallway-6 - 4inch color change LED-Hallway outlet -Hallway switch -Hang chandelier (provided by other)-Add remote switch for chandelier