So much of what draws travelers to urban spots are closed or restricted so not a great time for US travelers to visit US cities.

Whatever you do, ensure you have a experienced real estate attorney draw up the contract so there are no mistakes We’ve actually done the opposite where we cover interior maintenance besides HVAC and the owner covers major.

Draw out the layout, schedule subs, pick out and preorder materials, etc.

I immediately found a competent specialist who helped me draw up absolutely all the documents from my former business.

Their draws can be a little bit more cumbersome so some contractors do not like working with them.  

It would require drawing a plan for the existing structure (typically $2000-3000), sending it to plan check at the city (planning, building, and fire), potentially conducting an exploratory phase where walls are opened up for inspection with the city (typically no more than $1000-2000 for opening walls and repairing them), addressing anything in the structure that is not within compliance (cost will of course depend on what’s going on with your structure), and paying for any permits (typically $1000).

And under pollution laws, anybody in the chain of title including the tax sale buyer, is responsible for any pollution damage that can be proven in court to come from this property. 

Even at 100% financing from a hard money lender I always tell people you'll probably still need at least 30K for fees, rehab draws, closing costs etc.

(One of the big draws of this place some clients of ours bought to house hack was the two-car garage plus at least two other spots in on a concrete pad.)

I don't think a 0% BAC is going to draw a lot on MLS.And as noted, you need to have a brokerage license of some kind and then pay a subscription fee to MLS.If you're like most wholesalers, any kind of regulation on your activity is probably off-putting.