I had tried putting ads on Craigslist years ago, but I will definitely try again for y own company.

I estimate the updates to cost about $Y-$Z.

The reason is high taxes push the total cam      ( typically landlord insurance,property management,repairs to the building, property taxes etc.) the tenants pay the landlord higher.

My non professional suggestion is if you like a property, make an offer, but make sure there is a clear contingency of obtaining financing with terms ie conventional with rate up to x and y points, etc in the purchase contract offer that you are comfortable with. 

Since they sold for X amount, you can assume (after adding or subtracting for specific features) that your property will sell for Y.

Say, if the GC usually charges $50/hour for his or her own time and has a standard 15% mark-up on the invoiced charges for labor and materials a fair exchange may be (1) x number of personal hours devoted to the project at no charge to the partnership per week and (2) reduction in mark-up from 15% to 7.5% in exchange for (3) y percentage of profit.   

I need to ready more s-l-o-w-l-y so I get everything.

For example, you can talk to people about how you will protect their capital in a deal by doing X, Y, and Z. 

@Bruce C. Am

If they do you wrong, approach them and say you are not happy with the service for X, Y, Z....