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Based on the purchase price and loan circumstances, your lender or real estate agent can tell you an estimate of these expenses.Rehab Costs: To determine the price of the duplex's required repairs and renovations, get quotations from builders or property inspectors.

There is no such thing as a "standard fee," however each agent has a fee that they typically use based on how they want to get paid.

Probably 90% of my projects fell short of a full textbook 25% equity gain, but I also tend to over-rehab: I don't want to touch anything on a property for at least 20 years after we are done.

Nothing the lender can do to trigger a due on sale clause based on a divorce decree.

A simple LLC should work fine for your purposes (based on your post, I'm not aware of your situation entirely)

If it does not then I would suggest the following any applicant based on your location:1.

Now, apparently after some improvements, the building with the parking garage has been deemed structurally sound and safe to occupy (based on an engineering report and formal subsequent notice from the HOA). 

Most paid way too much, based on multiples that were based on weird years. 

Obviously these are just projections based on a data-aggregation service, so take them with a grain of salt and verify them with more research, but hopefully it helps a little!