My second floor is bedrooms  and you are correct their must be functioning bars that can be opened there.

Don't over improve at this point, just good solid tenants in a clean and functioning unit, if the market is good and appears feasible you can go for higher rents through upgraded units as they become vacant.

Under his leadership and guidance, MADE SPA, an organization established in the 1800s by his forefathers, continues to win construction contracts both in the private and the public sector.

Surround yourself with positive people and avoid the negative ones.Search motivated seller search terms in Google for your city such as: "Sell My House Fast Atlanta" or "Atlanta Cash Home Buyers"  find the websites that are ranking organically. 

But, those are the costs if they were to hire out trades-people from the phone book -- meaning larger contracting organizations with a relatively large amount of overhead.If I were to hire the individual trades (which I typically do), I'm not going to hire the guys who have Yellow Pages ads, a fleet of trucks, customer service reps who answer the phone, etc. 

-Online%20Go to first site for articles organization, then go to the IRS page for EIN number.  

There is one coming up that, in Chicago, is organized by a lady who announced on BP that she just quit her job to focus on real estate investing full time.

He self-manages and performs all other functions for the property such as leasing/marketing and most repairs and maintenance, except for hiring contractors for minor jobs totalling less than $1,000 per year.  

I would be interested in knowing if either organization has made any effort to look at current data in these markets to solidify these sketchy results.  

But if 99% of them are fully functional then you might be ok leaving them in place.