No heat/air, no water, flood/major leaking.

A licensed surveyor is who you hire to provide the elevation certificate and around here they cost about $350 on average. 

Hi @Paul StoutI own several properties in NW Indiana and I would refer my contractors, but I have them booked through end of year, but whoever you hire, make sure they are licensed.

Everything also goes through title companies where an underwriter, almost always a real estate attorney, reviews the transaction.You, the reader, can believe who you want: someone who spouts off when he has zero knowledge regarding any of this legal review by a multitude of attorneys, who has no specific knowledge of exact details or state law and is not even based in the state; or you can hire your own attorney, find your own RMLO and consult those that have used their own attorney's and experts and research what can be done.It costs me nothing either way. 

One uses hot air (furnace) and a boiler uses water or steam.

IMO, the best use of your time is to research and interview agents that can provide the services you need at a cost that provides value, especially with commercial property.Your buyers (investors) typically do this for a living, so they are knowledgeable and savvy.You don’t need to know everything about selling as long as you hire someone who does.

I don't want to say the most evil 4 letter word, S-N-O-W.... but it's the time of year to hire our snow removal company.Last year the one I used no longer did my area so I was scrambling for anyone.  

There are so many new things that we can teach a new hire in a training burn so they can see it before there first real fire.

It all depends on how many workers are there, certainly 1 person cant consume $5,000/week when he is only painting, or it only takes 1 day for 2 persons to install a 4 appliances that values at $1,500 each.That is why the contractors are here because investors don't have the skills to operate renovation, if they did, why hire a contractor?

The Dept of Permits and Planning are currently hiring more employees to crack down on illegal rentals which is probably bat 90% of VRs on Oahu.