Hire a certified industrial hygienist to perform an air quality test (recommend this over a test kit you can buy at a store since those typically do not hold up in court.

Won't banks that are in financial trouble want to speed up the process? 

@Julian Buick My opinion of a top rated investor or flipper is someone or a company that only wants quality craftsmanship on all of their properties and would never consider hiring a non licensed, bonded or insured company or individual to have work completed.

She says he's one of the only reputable and affordable contractors she can find due to other contractors' lack of follow through, availability to do estimates and lack of quality work in the past.

No matter how good your coach is, you need to develop yourself too by asking good questions on RE.Joining one or two good RE Investors Association in the city you live in will also improve, and speed up your learning rate.

We use in house handymen to control quality and cost and its not unusual.

So it comes down to quality of asset in the beginning and quality of TENANT.. even super man PM can't manage un manageable tenants.. and you can get better tenants by purchasing better properties.So you may want to look at all your options... there are many.... compare side by side then go check them out.I was just in KC myself this weekend...

People shop for value, benefits, quality, simply a better deal, how do you show that you can deliver that?

A quality of the real estate property that people will always be attracted to.

Mortgage Co said they are trying to speed it along [usually use 45 day lead time] and the worst that could happen is we ask for an extension.My question is this:  I have renters already lined up [my son and 3 college friends - w/parents as guarantors] but I can't draw up a lease without knowing the move in date.