You should be careful about making any repairs, because you will not be compensated for them on a commercial property and an Alabama tax sale. 

Asking $3000 more to compensate for that vacancy is very reasonable and $3500 is the minimum that works for me. 

Sorry that your lender is not being responsive, but there are other lenders who will appreciate your efforts and make sure you are compensated for your time.

Yes, they WILL stop picking up the phone.)Case in point - when I hire myself out in the capacity of a contractor, I give free bids ONLY when I have the strong feeling that the person actually intends to do the work, or if they have a solid history of actually employing people and I feel good about my chances with them.If I get a call from someone whom I feel like isn't serious, I will very happily either blow them off completely or charge them for my time... and I value my time quite a bit.As an investor, I don't ask someone to bid more than once or twice without either giving them the work or offering to compensate them for their time.

It just does not seem fair or even close to equitable that you and your legal team would be compensated first for what already seems apparent (albeit with hindsight) and further jeopardize any financial return that investors could hope for.

To the people to serve the public to facilitate real estate transactions.How do they get compensation?

He concealed from the lenders that these “credit buyers” were only acting at his direction and were being compensated for their participation in having obtained the loans and purchased the properties.

Consider making slight adaptations to your criteria, so that a deficit in one aspect can be compensated by being over-qualified in some other aspect.

Either way I would have an attorney involved to structure it correctly.How is the family member compensated?

Make sure you are tracking their time / activity for good measure and make sure it’s reasonable work / compensation for a 9 year old.