And the Pasadena historical building may have many strings attached, where as this other one can just pay off current tenants as is and tear down. 

Time and materials? 

Repairs done by a professional will be billed at the professional rate.Repairs done by Landlord will be billed by the job or as labor plus materials.

I fund folks that take homes to the studs and remodel them with the same materials I put in 400k homes in Orygun.. you just have to find those. lastly PHX saw an epic crash in 08 09  vacancies in some of my clietns four plexs that they paid 350k for was 100% and they lost them in droves to the banks.. those same units in 2010 were selling for 80K for the whole four plex... so its also market timing.

., there are no strings of any kind attached), there are no taxable income consequences to anyone because a true gift is not considered taxable income.If you want to do more than $14,000 you can explore gifting twice that amount if you are married and your spouse either gives funds, or you make an election to split gift with her which would require a gift tax return just to make the election.Beyond those amounts you might need to file a gift tax return, but with the the lifetime gifting limits over 5 million dollars you would likely not have any consequences other than a gift tax return filing assuming you have not gifted previously over the 5 million+ limitation.I don't believe Mass has a Gift Tax, but you can do a quick internet search to confirm that.  

The only material issue is how much more those features are going to cost a buyer and who will be willing to pay for them.

You input the address, the structure material and the type of roof and they give you an appropriate of what you will pay yearly and monthly.

We only have enough funds to do one project at a time using this method because we pay with cash, and then pay for all materials and labor as it occurs.What would you do?

Mainly because I have a tool buying problem...anyway. my question is if I had to buy a roofing nail gun in order to roof the property would that qualify as an expense that could be deducted that same as a new sink or the roofing material?

I have a great system for getting materials with 20% off and have connections with a master carpenter.