You'll save way more money by buying a place that doesnt gave environmental issues.

In the meantime, I'm an experienced registered Interior Designer who is willing to help with completing on trend "investment conscious" flips.

Any decent environmental consulting or engineering firm can knock one out pretty quick and inexpensively in most cases.

Seems rather difficult to find a a clear and conscious answer on this from online searches...

As for the shop, you’ll definitely need to have a phase 1 environmental study done as part of your due diligence.

Its about being conscious or aware of the present and not going to fare into negative thoughts.

I imagine I need a team consisting of a good contractor and environmental engineer at the very least but any additional insight would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

There is a reason your risk conscious partner bought them.4.Suck it up and ask for a private loan.

My first 1031 purchase, a ten-unit, was found to have multiple environmental court and city planning violations because the builder from 30 years ago had not followed the rules. 

At that point you're looking at effort spent for $12 a month.For every 100,000 borrowed:5 %  - 25 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7015 - Monthly - $ 5844 % - 25 yr - Annual Payment - $ 6334  - Monthly - $ 527Savings of $681 Annually or $56.75 Monthlyor 5 % - 20 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7919 - Monthly - $ 6604 % - 20 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7272 - Monthly - $ 606Savings of $647 Annually or $54 MonthlyYes refinancing can make a huge difference, but with appraisals, closing costs, environmentals, you can easily look as spending 5k-8k on a commercial or 2k on a house.