You could probably live for free, build equity, and save more for your next purchase!

Purchase price: $2,225,000 Cash invested: $350,000 Purchased a 40k sqft ft mixed use building on Main st in Middletown, CT.

Once the development phase is completed minus the last part which is pull permit for the build, you have a building blue print in your hand, you can send the site plan and building plans out to your local builders for bids on the build.

I currently have an apartment building under contract that's in Canton,PA and I have been looking for lenders.

As @Michael Baum suggested, the amount of work doesn't change with the seasons, nor does the length of stay, as @Theresa Harris mentioned.My question is... in order to compete with lower total trip costs from other listings (often resulting from lower cleaning fees), should I eat a part of the cleaning fee in order to have a lower total trip cost?

@David Nino three buildings that make up 14 units, a W2 in a state I don't live in.

If you have not run your own business beyond real estate before, I strongly recommend that you get in touch with SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives) at www.score.org.They are a free resource (part of SBA) that will help you to evaluate the financials of the company you're looking at buying, build a business plan and to understand what you're getting into. 

I promised that we would not build a new home; the home was his parent's, he wanted it to stay What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Some of those building had extreme structural damage that would need to be identified by an engineer or architect. 

Another option you may not have considered is to work with a developer and build a multi-family property in a desirable area, leverage ECO construction benefits available ($5 to $15 per sq. ft.) and cost segregation and bring in a management company to manage the property once it is ready for occupancy.