Though cost are expensive considering my starting point.

If you haven't already, read "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" by J Scott.

In the meantime section 8 provided reliable income stream to assist with carry costs. 

If what they put down meets your qualifications, send them a link to run credit and/or background check at their cost.

I invested in 7 syndication funds in 2023 as a limited partner with the expectation that I would generate first year losses from cost segregation that I could use to offset my gains on my personal real estate investments (self storage). 

Our hope is to find ways to increase cashflow with this property short term and reduce our bleeding, and also consider the cost associated to implement.The property is 2 units fully occupied. 1 tenant already rents out our garage for an extra cost, the other tenants are left with no additional storage outside their unit.

He offered to give us the 2% buyer agent fee toward our closing costs if we don’t use a realtor.

While you do pay a fund management fee the diversification provided by the fund more than offsets the minimal cost.

@Marcus Auerbach  You could just give them the bill upfront for what the repair is going to cost.

Hello All, I am not sure if there is a rule of thumb to how much a design should cost but I received an estimate of $23K for Civil engineering work (site plan, storm drainage plan, site grading, soil erosion & utility plan), $25k for  Architectural and structural and $11K for MEP for 12 units townhouse (2 bed and 2.5 bath) on a slab.