Who will write a $70-$100k cash value policy on this building and what should it cost?

If you've never built, I would never build anything as it will take 3x as long, cost 3x as much, and violate 3x as many city ordinances.

It was the most aggravating part and I thought it would cost us our deal.

Extremely high taxes and maintenance costs plagued by huge inventory sitting in the market. 

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.

Buy the property with the LLC for the cost of the existing mortgage, perhaps plus the cost of the construction.

With a calculation being on a deal by deal basis you'll need to go in depth with costs VS profit with both scenarios and timelines. 

The build cost is $400,000.

You mentioned that the brick property would break even or just about cover costs, whereas the vinyl property might give you a bit of cash flow.

As well, he goes above and beyond for his client helping them build strategies to grow their real estate business and will even get on calls with your Accounting team so that you have alignment across your Power Team.