If you were paying for something say precious metals... often do a EFT to the company... some people do wires when buying a vehicle/etc vs showing up with cash. 

When it first opened is was used a vacation rentals the over time became more long term rentals to locals and since the couple was getting up in age a lot of the cottages were neglected, except 6 have new metal roofs last done about 5 years ago..This is a major undertaking that I'm not 100% sure my wife and I can handle she seems to think after renovations we could gross over 150K per year but I'm a bit more skeptical but seriously considering it but hate to sink all cash into the deal if we can't find financing.. 

Hopefully I'll know enough in a year or so to help develop more realistic numbers for future analysis.I've briefly thought about dumping it, but I've got the emotional part of me where it's like, I just met all the tenants, had great conversations with all of them, it's not like they're my friends but there'd definitely be some awkwardness there.

I see a lot of out-of-state investors missing a home by a block or two, and they they are left trying to secure everything at the home. ( Metal bar casing around AC units and extra security at home) Getting a good team together on the ground is always your safest bet.

The hose from the wall to the toilet is the metallic kind that looks like snake scales or knights armor, not braided.

Put the metal into a separate dumpster.

I install metal 1" blinds from online stores, custom fit to the windows.

I'd probably take half for mutual funds/REITS/Metals/cash, etc., and then leverage the rest into quality RE.

I am currently an estimator for a local glass and metal fabrication company.

The deal was very unique, it was mostly hitting the seller where the heart was, she had been approached for commercial deals, mostly industrial projects and she didn't want to see her property with smoke stacks and metal buildings.