Well as you can imagine it’s a little hard to get a good estimate when you don’t see it yourself and it ended up being closer to 29k in rehab costs.

The mortgage officer needs the estimate by the contractor that will perform the work once the loan is closed.  

She stated that the renter makes it difficult to show the house, and she may have to come up with money to sell it because of sales costs and comission.Her other property is in Ohio, she had purchased it in a tax auction, but never had enough money to fix it, so she has been accumulating property taxes on an empty property for six years.So I gave her a plan to sell both properties immediately and she was able to even make some money within sixty days of putting the plan in effect.

Its hard to tell but only Id estimate that only 1/3rd of the quadplex has open space underneath, the rest is directly on the foundation.  

Please provide any helpful information/estimates I've heard this can cost up to $80,000 sometimes.

The inspector said his biggest concern was temporary patch jobs in the roof...so I am lookingThe real estate agent is finding, but I thought I would do my own research for learning purposesI asked a friend who said his guys usually don't come for an estimate in escrow, but rather if work was getting done.1.)

Is 20k in repairs all it really needs or should I get a second or third estimate ? 

Call your broker for an estimated quote.Finally you should also take some of the free webinars, download some of the analysis spread sheets from file place and use the calculators here on BiggerPockets.

So, get a number of estimates and compare them to find the great deal.

I can estimate mechanical, plumbing, and fire, but not roof or carpentry.