Now once you have a few under your bet and the contractors know you are serious, they will be more likely to get with you for your estimates.As has already been mentioned, BP has some great guides that can get you moving in the right direction. 

It sounds cheap, but I bet it comes with a lot of headaches.

I figure your best bet is to find several people, so if one is busy or can’t do it or bails, you have other options

@Anthony Wick I'm willing to bet that every single one of us have had an unexpected expense in our lives.

I'm thinking vinyl, single hung, double pane will be my best bet. 

Without knowing where the property is, I bet that the units rent for 600+ each in GR.  

I think your best bet would be to house hack your way to 4 properties and then take a "mini" retirement which would allow you to take 6 months off and possibly knock 10-12 countries off your list on one big trip.  

Again, Alhambra as a whole is a safe bet to invest in as long as you're familiar with it's pockets, the demographic buyer expectations and rehabbers budgets (obviously), as long as the correct price was paid before rehab you should be fine. 

I'm betting these folks are in violation of at least one of these ordinances.And then act on it.

I have a friend who acquired 150 unit MF in Dallas in 2009 and I'm willing to bet he's generating this level of income.