If he won't meet with you or won't give you the keys, document the property condition and photograph with a date stamp on Saturday.

I printed the labels and it took a about 4-5 hours for me to just attach all the labels and stamps.

The postage alone is $3000, a good mailing list costs money, 6000 stuffed stamped envelopes costs something, and maybe you get some help from someone who does this kind of marketing.

all you need is about 500$ i would say. you can send letters and stamps and get signs with all that.as far as contracts go, it shouldnt take an hour for the attorny to read it, so you shouldnt get charged for the ful 250. the contracts here on bp are a start. that is what i plan on using. after my first deal i will get a professional one that will cover my butttooxxx a little better

Although @Rob Cee 's post is time stamped before mine, it wasn't there when I decided to hunt for some fun gif files to post. 

If the fix requires stamped plans then hire the one you want for those.

Many don't -- and most multi-family projects in most states require an architect's / engineers stamp -- so architects are getting regularly involved.It should also be understood that when working with an architect, developers typically pay the architect for very specific, very partial services on a sort of a la carte basis only.   

I also have date stamp pictures from today (5-8-14) showing all the work that needs to still be done.I have been told that if I were to fire him the contractor can file a mechanics lien for the last $5500, which does not make sense to me since he is well past his deadline and there is more than $5500 worth of work left.

This takes the priority given explicitly by the recorder's time stamp to be that of what is contained in the instrument while perfecting the same.

So my question is; regarding a wholesale deal, am I only running a title search on the property or am I doing the whole stamp and transfer side of it?