Those fees can eat up your profits REALLY fast. 

Most firms it's you eat when you close something.It's too easy for people to get paid something to do just enough to survive.

Eat healthy foods, exercise both body and mind,  and develop good habits. 

I live in a tight market.. just missed out on one great opportunity, considering others opportunities and markets while I'm eating up all the Podcasts and Webinairs and books in crafting our strategy.  

But if your cash strapped then proceed at your own risk, the risk of eating up your returns.Some of the repair costs can be assumed with your deposits if they are caused by your tenants.

On the downside I have a full time career as a teacher and run a full time business which eats up about 65-70 hours per week (I know, wah wah, cry me a river). 

For example if 65K is only 10% of the property value then your transfer costs will easily eat away any potential profits.Try to find all the ways that will stop you from doing the deal, and if you can't find any, then do it. 

You could try to 1031 but your holding costs during that time could eat up any real advantage you may see from any taxes you could just pay from selling. 

That alone would eat the entire offset from the chimney liner if accurate.I don't think high efficiency systems would enable increased rent right now, but it may reduce vacancy if I can successfully market the property as "comfortable living at lower cost." 

Every day that property sits is eating into your bottom line.