It had 2 kitchens a huge living room, a pool table room, 5 bedroom & 4 baths.They are interesting pieces of history that require some very unique knowledge to maintain, but people love them.

But with my unique situation that I have to take down an auto shop then remove the poured foundation, it is difficult to estimate (within fair accuracy) cost per sqft.Do you have suggestions how to get a fair estimate on big ticket item costs?

Texas is a unique and special state for interest rate application.

I've never done a deal and looking for strategies that work for my unique situation.

Now that I am an agent focusing on commercial and multifamily, I definitely have a unique perspective.

I personally am a Military Mortgage BootCamp Instructor (I teach VA loans) and a real estate investor myself, so I have a very unique perspective on how to help people just like you. 

Most of the units are weekly rentals with the remainder being monthly.The building is financed with a private-lender at 11% and I'm looking to get regular financing to bring my interest rate down and establish a long-term repayment plan.The bank I'm working with now is slower than molasses getting the refi in place and I'm hoping there's a loan broker out there that can help things move a little faster.If you are (or know of) a good loan broker can you let me know? 

@Jacklyn Pascual, consider one other thing: Being a bit older gives you a unique perspective and you can leverage many years of life experience.

I guess another way to over simplify it would be i'm thinking of the monthly payment as two parts: loan repayment  + taxes (forget insurance for now). 

These properties come with their own unique set of challenges but for the right property can make a ton of sense.