Upgrades will include new solid surface countertop, cabinets, upgraded laminate flooring, trim, and carpet in the bedrooms.  

Maybe 125 even.I am pondering if there might be a good opportunity get into this house with some creative but not complicated financing where I DON'T have to put 20% down and be advantageous to both myself and him.On the surface, I figure he prob owes about 98K on the house. 

From my point of view, I wouldn't care who brought the deal if it's a deal, but someone who's a licensed agent has at a minimum gone through the time, cost and trouble to get licensed and [theoretically] do business in an honest and above-board fashion.

Every "surface" in the house is new, with new paint, new floors, painted cabinets, new appliances.

one thing you can do is donate money, goods, or helpthere are thousands of displaced people living in shelters, and then there are the first responders that are helping themthey will need food, water, diapers, towels, etc, etc, etcand in less than 2 weeks is thanksgiving, so they will need help then toothis is tragic, and I hope the town is able to be rebuilt in some fashion

Thus, we were a little over all-in.going forward everything depends on how many tubs end up needing to be re-surfaced.

If you have a single family home, they will already need to be on the lower end of that range, because a single family has 5 exposed surfaces, as compared to a townhome or apartment with shared walls.  

I'm very familiar with SFR, but have surface knowledge of expectations when it comes to multifamily.

Is that old-fashioned of me?

Ultimately doing a timely and reasonable job of protecting tenants by clearing snow and salting the surface area is what matters most.