You're able to leverage someone else's vetted and proven network - this minimizes your risk.

Or they may just tell you there’s no chance so you don’t waste your time. 

It's a time consumer that I'm happy to part with 80% of the 1st month's rent, but after that as long as you place a good tenant your phone calls/issues are usually incredibly minimal, I hardly ever hear from my tenants, so I don't see the need to give up 10% of my monthly rent to a company for them to not hear from my tenants either.

Is there an estimator that you know of so I dont have to waste time calling an insurance broker?

Some of the challenges:1) Pairing clients with properties that with an affordable plan yield the results the clients need2) Get the property into contract in this aggressive sellers' market with strong STR property buyer competition3) Deep due diligence to minimize property risk during inspection period + create best COE plan to yield the highest possible cash flow + start scheduling post-COE reno work4) After COE, get the hot potato moving- help in any way necessary to make sure my clients get this work done quickly and without complications so they can get their property on the rental market ASAP and start generating cash flow.5) Occasional STR audits as requested (always an option) by clients, to further boost their cash flow, and effectively their home value- based on income approach.

The building is completely empty right now and only needs minimal work to have all apartments rent ready.

@Tou V.If it was t your friend, it doesn’t matter the prior price years ago.

So, he doesn't waste his time talking sales pitches to mannequins.

If I'm certainly way off-base, I'd rather not waste a contractor's time asking for a quote on a project that's most likely a non-starter. 

So you have to hope that you can do that fast with minimal downtime.Without knowing the insurance, taxes, condition of the house and it’s mechanicals it’s tough to say how great of a deal this is.