If you are using the LLC simply to flip one deal, it should just contain the real estate and not any of its contents or anything else that would be considered personal property, such as the industrial lawn mower that the prior owner left in the garage.

If you are a suit and tie investor you may not be cut out for this line of investing.

The loan is simply in my name.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/forget-brrrr-try-barrrr/Brandon had mentioned that you don't want a contractor to just give you an invoice that simply says something such as "Bathroom, $10,000"  rather that some of the work should be broken out as different work can be depreciated at different rates. 

I had a VA loan fall through on one property simply because the appraiser wrote in the appraisal that the property was in "below average" condition.

The 300% swings in price from one carrier to another are what I don't understand.  2) Security Deposits.Are you simply holding these in a savings account, in your own name, separate from your other funds? 

and lots of hot springs now on to RK as @Wayne Brooks  PURE FANTASY  now you can in some states bid with a deposit at sherrifs sales.. but the competition in 99% of the counties in the US is so keen that those kind of profit margins are simply not there. in CA its cash on the barrel head to buy one. 

The cheapest way to do what you're looking for would be to have the railings cut out at the ground level, then core drill out what is cemented underground.

Cut out now and stick to more stringent criteria moving forward. 

But it sounds to me that as long as you are not more than 12 days into the contract, you can simply tell them you're not happy with the condition of the property and cancel the contract.