If you aren't comfortable talking to contractors, find a buddy that will join with you in that conversation - but be part of the discussion yourself.IMHO, $20,000 for the job as described would be great - if the contractor was quoting a price to the Department of Defense :)Note that if the sanitary sewer is on the other side of the street (and your sanitary lead is broken under the street), that's a different conversation.Best of luck!

Looks like you will be adding in something like a "no firearms are allowed to be discharged on the premises (except in life threatening self-defense situations).

not in any market. there are DSCR loan coverage on plenty of deals. we build ground up I could send you a lenders underwriting of the triplex we build here that someone can get a full return of capital on within 8 months. that's in columbus. maybe not buying existing, just change your strategy. open your mined. go to some conferences. don't buy in bad locations. we are doing deals within 1 mile of the urban core of columbus all day long. land here is a buyer's market there's more than 6 months supply and it's 22 times cheaper than land in miami fl where I also do deals in. 

With any one of your remedies, the tenants have a good defense under these facts. 

I know that is frustrating, but you can't force that horse to drink as the old saying goes.My thought take a look at https://kwnextgen.org/  see if they would have any interest in that...or find some kind of meetup groups that has people their age in it or take them to a conference and see if anything sticks. 

My fiance is attending a conference for work.

I lived there myself for 4 years, then moved out and converted it to a super-profitable short-term rental (it's ideally situated near great restaurants/nightlife, the National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, and hotels that host professional conferences).

(In our defense— our oven went out before we started on the kitchen and he hadn’t used/ opened the oven door in several months so it was in the way way back of our mind). 

Compare that to Providence, with 5500 hotel rooms, 1700 of which are within walking distance of their arena.This has a direct impact on the City not being eligible to host NCAA and major conference sporting events.The data in this article is mind-boggling.

What has been some of your favorite conferences surrounding  any of these topics; real estate, professional development or finances?