Also consider increased wear and tear, eg on plumbing with all the extra laundry/washing/little kid bladders etc. 

Based on my limited experience attending this particular tax sale, the difference in the purchase price on the two properties would likely be pretty close to my estimate for the difference in repair cost.I am now wondering if I would rather have a property that I have to drive a long way to meet contractors occasionally, or meet contractors regularly close by. 

I also wanted to have some equity build in to grow wealth, and I can have a good friends contractor to help fix the place.

If you have a contract to buy a house, you can market that contract or assign or sell that contract.

We have a property management company in town and could help you through some different recourse steps:- Make sure to look through the management contract you signed to see what recourse actions have been put in there for this specific situation- Make sure to look at any invoices that were input into your owner statements/portal and see if these checks were made out to actual contractors or were made for legitimate expenses.

However in most circumstances I've seen, the tenant takes the space and completes the fit-out on their own with their own Architect/Engineer & Contractor. 

Anyways, I have been learning a lot here and look forward to learning a lot more, if you all can take my stupid questions.I work full-time as a cancer data specialist (contractor for federal gov't). 

Hi BP, im looking for a HVAC contractor for a project in saint paul.

Can you please recommend any contractors in west suburb area?

Also helps you learn about the trades when you hire contractors on future deals.