You'll soon start to see the same theme over and over.

As an investor, I have close to 200,000 sq.ft. of industrial space in Toronto, a plaza in Barrie, a 6-plex in Bradford, to name a few properties.As a Real Estate educator and Broker, I advise on everything from how a single family home or condo can be analyzed from an investment perspective, to major income producing properties (retail plaza, medical office buildings, industrial buildings, student housing, multi-family portfolios, etc.).

A variation on the theme which I considered but chose not to use would be, instead of buying the appliances, window coverings, bathroom finishings and landscaping, I could have given the tenants an “upgrade” budget, where I still approve and pay for stuff, but they pick it out and choose the installers and landscapers and painters.

I know a lot of properties for rent in that space and with UNCC being there as well it might make for a decent start in your search.

Side by side feels more like your own space versus having someone clomping above you or having to walk up a flight of stairs to get into your unit.

For the office space, one unit of necessity must be converted to office space, and you may also need to give another to the manager.

But overall, my point is that wholesalers fulfill a need in the real estate space and when they operate in good faith, ethically and with transparency, there is no reason why they should be dismissed. 

However, if the numbers are on the tighter side then forcing the repair might be a good option to use and still close the deal.I would assume that if you were able to get responses from a number of others on the site they would probably say things like I am going to list here.1) Problems can seem small and simple at first but grow larger in a hurry - it happens.2) Depending on the type of shower/tub installed in the above unit it may be more than a simple fix and get into much more money than you think - you won't know until you open the ceiling for sure.3) After the plumbing repair you could be looking at mold potentially in the joist spacing area between units.4) Depending on the length of time the issue has existed and been patched to get by you may also have damage to the wood - joists between units and or sub floor issues under the upper unit tub/shower.5) If there is insulation between the two units, you may have soaked and degraded insulation that needs to be replaced as well - good news is that rock and insul are cheap to replace.6) OR......... you may have someone open it up to fix it and its just a simple plumbing issue and is a quick and easy fix - totally possible too.Just as an illustration, I went to replace a bath faucet for an accountant friend of mine yesterday.

I suggest consulting with a local geological engineering firm to evaluate the options available for that specific site.The choice of foundation vs. crawl space depends primarily on two things as I see it, what is the market there and what is the structural fix for the soils.  

If the companies have rented space for couple of years then it might be OK.