A marketplace can't function if it favors sponsors over investors, or vice versa.

They are functioning fine so for now just going to leave them alone while contractors are working all week.

Hope to see you at a function or online!

@John Dirgo Deweese thanks, my thinking was that its a simple layout thats functional besides the small rooms why wouldnt people want to rent.  

Immediately outside of downtown is where the poverty starts, and it continues for miles until you reach the outside lines where it becomes unfathomably affluent in the Bloomfield areas.Have a look Here at this article and you can see a visual map of the demographic, truly eye opening.

We have a PM, but I also have built relationships with other professionals (landscaper, flooring guy, HVAC guy, painter, handman, etc.) in the area because I'm more comfortable with the vendors and contractors that I have had complete work on the house before.If doing everything yourself, I'd imagine that "how far is too far" is really only a function of your own tolerances. 

Ask to see his license numbers and his insurance documents and then call to verify they are real and in good standing.Assuming you don't fire him, ask him to describe his training and experience so far and check his references from past jobs completed.Then ask who exactly will be coming to your home for each job to be performed.Who will be physically doing the painting,flooring,etc.Before work commences,ask him to show you the invoices for all materials purchased with your money and then visually verify that all the materials arrived to the job site and are not sitting in his cousins garage waiting to be used on another persons job site at your expense( theft of materials is all to common).Don't let him buy 100 gallons of paint and then only use 65 gallons and keep the rest for himself,see if it can be returned for a refund.The same with laminate flooring,carpet,bricks,pipes,and other materials bought in bulk from wholesalers.At each step,bring in an expert to inspect the work completed to see if he screwed it up and it need to be redone at his expense,not yours!!!

I agree, those porches are frightening in their current state, but even fixed up how much functionality would they have?

It was listed as an "occupied" home (I stayed away as the listed asked) so my research was mostly through zillow, county website, and a drive by of the property for a visual inspection.

Being able to easily see something in every direction, mirrored, and upside down allows me more visual creativity and see 2D construction plans in 3D spaces.