in your original post you came across as a slick, fast-talking, late-night infomercial guru trying to get a foot in the door to sell a program.

4) Is $5K a good price from a reputable (probably unlicensed) contractor to knock down one 3 foot wall, two 9 foot walls, reframe, and install tile in the new half bath?

My husband doesn't agree and says we should give her until Wed, the 5th.I see his point where he doesn't want to get off on the wrong foot with the tenant since it's the first month of her paying rent and she's an brand new tenant.

Troy broke some easy numbers for you and Michael kept it at the 30,000 foot to see the big picture.

Brick faced and ~1100 square ft.The place needs a roof (~4k)The place had cats and there is urine and poop in EVERY room.

Not knowing the condition or amenities in your comps I can base it on square footage and come up with an ARV of $232,500I'd be negotiating my way down to about $127k I wouldn't pay $140k for sure.

Anyway, the debt to me is now cleared and I have a foot in the door in that area. 

I'd really like to see newbies succeed, but I know you won't as long as you continue to have the fast buck attitude, as long as you keep following schemes and trying to implement systems from some seminar or just try to specialize in putting square pegs in round holes as you might on an assembly line.Success is not doing some deal or doing a deal a month until you hit some wall and get lost then get out of the business, when I say success I mean build a business that can last for your working career or lifetime.

Seems like I would be shooting myself in the foot if I was always rooting against the stock market.  

One of the two is an importer, and can get granite in pre-cut and polished 8' lengths for $11 and $12 per foot, and of course virtually any product where the savings are significant.The issue was that they were having trouble:1.