If the dead bolt had “no exterior access” it means it’s one of those 2 piece deals that’s just screwed into the door and door trim/frame.....shouldn’t be significant damage forcing it open.

Love working with him, and he gives us piece of mind with any closing.Hope that helps!

My best piece of advice for you is to separate your buying power in order to maximize it. 

I currently own a piece of land near downtown Chicago and am wondering if the best route to go would be to eventually build something on it.

And a bit later in that same thread I posted on how to get the expected life of the various pieces to be replaced.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/86...Some other thoughts: the principal component of the mortgage payment, although cash out of your pocket, sort of goes back into your pocket.

I wrote this piece a long time ago, but I think it still prevails today. 

That was a helpful piece of information, but I was unable to uncover or maybe just not fully understand the permit history, if permits were even pulled for the work.  

Definitely vet him (because we know all contractors are males).If you can handle it all, yes I would take the risk and go for it.Taking risks is where you have potential to make money (and lose money and internally combust into a gazillion pieces), but let's be optimistic!

Although these may not be all that reliable it's still a piece of information to through in the puzzle.

This is just a piece of steel with a slot in it that screws to the wall or the floor at the back of the stove.