I've faced the same question several times and have found an approach that worked for me as an individual investor and now as a Realtor in Las Vegas whose business is almost exclusively investors.By education I am an engineer and I've learned that you have to reverse the process in order to find the solution you are seeking.

This specific building gets messier and messier: It's in a flood zone so any improvements will have to make the whole building match the new flood code (building's worth about $50k; repairs will be at least $50k); the building is in a historic district; when SAR shored the building, they put the shoring on the foundation of the adjacent building...meaning the structural integrity of the adjacent building may be in question; the first engineering company didn't want to take on this project due to liability issues...the list goes on.It's a total PITA.  

Digging down in the basement will involve an engineer and the permitting process.  

As a marketing pro, you've got the RIGHT STUFF for this business.The best marketing techniques are:1) Pay per click (search engine marketing/Google)2) Direct mail3) Bandit signs (where legal)We use many other techniques, but I think you need to have a core marketing strategy based on using those methods above, and then you can add other aspects - such as electronic billboards, door hangers, car wraps, etc.Wholesaling is ALL about marketing.  

It ended up costing around 12k extra in engineering, concrete, piers, etc. 

Greetings, My partner and I are in need of referrals to find a Foundation and or Structural Engineer contract, who is experience within Colorado Springs? 

Dan,Let me start by saying that I'm an engineer, so I'm ultra-focused on the blend of cost-durability-functionality-cosmetics in all of our spending decisions.  

We call them Deltas because there is no delta (an engineering term for difference between two values) between the loan and the current market value.

I know during college there are times I switched room with others, just because one semester I am staying at the engineering lab late at night all the time, and instead of waking everyone up at 3am when I come home, I offered to move to the front bedroom and the other guy moves to the back. 

Engineered is a lot cheaper up front, but the real stuff can be re-finished a dozen times and can last decades.Provide nice-quality welcome mats at each door, and floor mats inside each door.