We're talking about tearing up all the pee-soaked carpet (dogs..) and bleaching/disinfecting the concrete foundation underneath, replacing a majority of the second floor sub-floor, fixing the roof, fixing the HVAC, repairing the garage (door hanging on by a thread), scrubbing and disinfecting all the cabinets (roach feces everywhere), tearing up and replacing the landscaping, fixing the roof, inspecting and repairing any water damage... the list goes on and on.

I want to set up an online rent collection account.

I am not at the point in my investing where I am using any of the major property management tools such as Podio, Buildium, Appfolio etc.

And as far as streetside lines go,  this runs through a major commercially trafficked road, not a neighborhood and one of my friends owns a duplex just up the street and confirmed the gas line presence in his.

You will quickly notice who the major players in the space are.

The local zoning attorney who you see on a lot of cases online for the government website or in the newspaper generally knows the odds of success and how the local body sees things.

We had major problems with them. 

The problem is that the existing home was not maintained and has major issues (foundation, sagging floors, mold, possibly a new roof and new electrical) so I'm trying to get a ballpark for what it would cost to bring the existing house up to rental quality vs what it would cost to just bulldoze it and build new, or if its even worth touching at all considering the value of the property. 

For the major project I had them handle, replacing worn out carpet with Vinyl (Wood Patterned) Flooring I was quoted in writing $2,100 "out the door." 

Hi,My wife and I run an online retail business with extremely high "earned income".