And please note, you'll also have to pay GET, TAT, OTAT taxes if operating a vacation rental.  

My question is do I have to pay the title company who has done all the work up to this point?

My plan is to stabilize the side I purchased with cosmetic rehab (flooring, paint, cabinetry) before working with the owner of the other side to purchase it and do the same.

Or this is just basically a fee land lords have to pay ?

We are planning to invest.

And while it's all coming together, I saw a lot of things that I liked - job growth, planning and development, infrastructure improvements etc.  

The Department of Veteran Affairs announced that it has temporally lifted its ban on buyers paying for real estate agent representation.

It is a pure commission sale “job” where the salesman must (1) pay for his own education (2) pay for his own leads (3) front his own money to put the sale “under contract” and put up his own money to pay all related expenses.  

And from your previous post, I will be paying attention to the installation - we want those tiles oriented in proper direction.

paying off the high interest loan?