I will ask for an estimate re them, but I think I have a good price now.

If you plan on holding the property for 5 years, and renting it, then yo should be fine, but it sounds like you are after a quick-flip, and that would be extremely difficult.If you buy, and then re-sell within 90 days, then almost no appraiser in CA is going to appraise the property for anything above the previous sale price, unless you can provide proof of funds that went toward repairs or improvements.

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I called a couple of handymen re the repair of the kitchen shelf, price about $150-200.

It depends on your local tax assessors process for re-appraising values.I would call the local office and ask them hypothetically and anonymously how and when they re-appraise.

Septic lines re-routed and also in compliance with code.

Unless the space below the apartments command some pretty steep rent, like $10K+ a month, this is a bad deal as a rental.If you're really looking to start a business rather than invest in RE, why not try to rent the space from its current owner?

We buy in ones and twosies, but some of our RE club members actually focus on whole blocks.

Don't drag the broker into your bad RE decision.