We prefer the suburbs but are looking into Cleveland proper now as well. 

But were "hoping", with the proper reovations we can increase the value to sell for atleast 200k. 

Regarding building an ADU, again it depends on your goals, but the ROI on ADUs in Denver aren't that great and a lot of appraisers don't know how to value them properly since there aren't many comps, so refinancing could potentially be an issue as well.For your first house hack, start simple and go from there.

You will be able to learn from the best that have proven systems in place, and utilize transaction coordinators so you can spend your time on what you do best. 

I’m in business so I expect proper communication of project progression but I’m not getting it from my general contractor.

Failing that, sell the unit as you cannot properly manage to protect your investment without controlling your utilities. 

Probably need more information on your question to properly answer, but here are some thoughts. 1.

My question is, how to do i properly analyze a cash only offer. 

If Crawlspace make sure low point drain is working properly.   

I would like to know if there is a method to properly and fairly analyze the correct offer for a cash deal.