However, I would like to get some more information on the property itself, since I'm not in Atlanta at the moment and can't visit the property.

I'm a big proponent of using sites like homeadvisor, thumbtack, porch, etc to find contractors, but for the life of me I can't seem to find a decent contractor to do drywall finishing or stucco a project that we're completing. 

If you provice me with an email address I'll forward to her via the Upwork site and she'll reach out to you.And hope your home—and those close to you—survived the floods!

I live on the west coast so I'll be doing this from a distance to start with a planned market visit over the next few months. 

What i'm wondering is if it makes sense to try to negotiate the cost of DEMO against the value of the property - my plan is to sink a few thousand bucks and a few weeks of work into the house and live in it while working on the site plan and building out the second house for my parents. 

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.

There are many others on this site who can answer that question much better than me, as I don't do nearly as much analytics as the full time investors here.4. 

I found a site called Roofstock that claims to do all the work for you and it seems that there are pretty good reviews and experiences.

I was just on one of their sites the other day and it had a long list of lenders.