Another alternative is to reach out to a few realtors in the area for their thoughts, but come prepared with your renovation plans, design ie; level of finishes, appliances, flooring, lighting, etc. to make their life a little easier as well as receiving an accurate value.

Thank you for replies.I don’t know the costs there but it will greatly depend on the site, type of construction and the design of the building.

Landlord usually has to use a personal name as the designated signer or officer of the LLC, trust etc. but your broker should be the authority on this for your state. 

Send me a message and I will connect you with an architect I know who specialized in lean and green design. 

Bitter relations between tenants and landlords, with an arms race between ever-more ingenious strategies to force tenants out -- what yesterday's article oddly described as ''free-market horror stories'' -- and constantly proliferating regulations designed to block those strategies?

I would concentrate on learning all you can about investing in Real Estate locally before you venture out of state. 

When that happens, the real estate agent can win a client for life. 1.Seller ContributionsOften misnamed "seller concessions" seller contributions are really a range of incentives or other financial offerings designed to make the deal more attractive and doable for a buyer.Seller contributions that make a deal more attractive must address market conditions while also meeting lenders' requirements and disclosure requirements.Opportunities"Closing cost credit reduces the cash the buyer must contribute at closing without lowering the sales price.

we have huge affordable housing issue in in Minneapolis so maybe some mixed use development that are more than one story high...some of the old urban core was not that well designed. 

Just tired and bored of the 10+ year old design and colors.

Hialeah, Design District, Little Haiti, Allapattah.