Also, if you know contractors that I can connect with to know how much it would cost to build and the style I should build.I haven't bought my first property yet and appreciate any advice that anyone can offer. 

When he bought the property, he brushed it off as a '100 year event'.  

(being a union ironworker i have the luxury of being able to do this down the road if I choose)I currently have - 4plex that I bought two years ago.

If it is a concern then maybe you shouldn't have bought in that area.

Its been a year since he bought the house and he is about to complete the rehab.

Its been a year since he bought the house and he is about to complete the rehab.

You go in there buy it at substantially above market average cap rate, likely around 9-10% at least, dump 10%-20% of the purchase price as capital so if you bought it for $1M, you'd put $100K to $200K into it, rehab it, stabilize new rents and tenants, hold for 12-18 months and either sell or hold and yield serious cash flow. 

Since then I have bought  investment properties , completed more projects I can count . 

I checked Home Depot, they had only an even smaller width in store. 

Hello,I have a property in SC that I bought and lived in several years ago, it was a B neighborhood close to a flourishing downtown area and has a very large lot.