Come up with an agreeable design and have him bid the work.

If the REM is her son and I can't find him how can I approach this? 

What kind of post card design works best? 

Once I take a deeper look at the numbers and inspect the property I will have to figure out the best approach for financing.

How do you approach deals with this kind of uncertainty?

One is an artist, the other a graphic designer in on-line advertising. 

Is this a wise approach?

Would it be possible to get a commercial loan on it and have it valued based on the income approach if it's in an LLC?

Hence, I would start with the seller's P&L, normalize income - by adding/deducting and modifying revenues/expenses - to make it more reflective of reality (or your expectation or reality) and then use the income valuation approach. 

Stacy , if you want to make money with Airbnb the unit will need to have people provide 5* reviews .When your doing the garage rehab make sure you are designing a theme or design that will entice people to want to come back and of course leave great reviews With a garage you likely will need to go a little extra step in making it pop and keep the Benjamins rolling inId be happy to give you some guidance on themes or layouts for a free night stay :) Send me a PM Best of luck