The buyers demanded that these additional items be repaired.

You have to know the area and make sure the demand is there.

The demand in my area seems to be at the 2k-4k sq ft range.

my sister had renter out a house for some time and she said it was an absolute headache and people would call her over stupid simple things at ridiculous times of the day and in her opinion she doesn't recommend it also I talked to a guy who's family owns a six unit apartment and he said the city made up a lie about the building having a slow leak somewhere and demanded $10.000 payment (weter bill) his opinion real he would not recommend real estate rental property.

The brewery is on track to be able to almost replace my "day-jobs" income within 2 to 3 years.The crux of my issue is that time is the new commodity which seems to be shortest in demand.

Hi Aaron - interestingly I find myself in a position where I have a demand to set something like that up here in Canada. 

Some of the repairs here may make sense to pass off onto Sister since that may not mean a monthly demand for payment but can be managed and saved up for and then deployed.  

(how solid is the economy, what is the demand, what are other properties seilling for, etc.) 

They will continue to be used so long as there are investors who purchase them and do not demand a higher standard of instrument such as a mortgage or deed of trust properly executed, recorded and maintained.  

Recording of the substitute trustee - this too is a part of the foreclosure process in many cases and is a fee passed on to the borrower.So, there is really only one fee there which is questionable and that could just be slang term being used and is most likely legit.The problem you may encounter here is that one demand was for a reinstatement and the other is simply the responsibility of the Borrower per the documents.