Overwhelmingly though, the weather and weather related things were enough to offset the negatives.So, I figure a much more interesting question would be Why do people live in New York City?

I’ll be keeping this in mind as I move forward with my own investments.Wishing you the best as you figure out a solution, which, from the responses that I'm seeing, are good solutions, but still tedious tasks to undertake.

Don't attempt to figure things out on your own or act as a GC or PM when you are using other people's money. 

I don’t have a problem paying a couple grand to remove some of the just figure it out stage of learning and utilizing expertise of people that already do it. 

Contractors are not able to figure this out, what kind of engineer should I look for?

There are certainly some things to learn along the way, but you'll figure it out as you go just like we all do.There are plenty of folks here that would be happy to help for free - including me.

You need to get in touch with a lawyer as soon as you can and figure out how to cut off the tenant/landlord relationship.

In short, I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth pursuing an off-market seller financing deal versus getting a traditional loan and competing for the property on the open market.

Instead of having to source a rehabber house, figure out how to do rehab when they have zero experience at it. and then trying to find a HML to do the loan up front ( if thye dont have the cash) and a take out lender.  

I felt I had a good head start since I was already a real estate agent and was very comfortable with finding comps and figuring out the ARV.