Karen Schimpf yes, I was told that some banks will take the equity at value and use that to put together a product to purchase the apartment complex.

IMO, finding off-market deals is a more productive use of your time and other resources.

., etc.2) Scope each quote, line by line for accuracy, for quantity and product... mistakes are abundant.  

Just read the entire thread - excellent info!

His brother's response was something akin to, unless putting wood windows in my house means I'll get $100K more for it when I sell, then we're going with vinyl.When it comes to energy efficiency, I find that folks often only look at whether or not a product is Energy Star rated.  

My previous secretary manages our "production" lines, aggregate production, motor shop, and supply chain, then she graduated to 3 projects (20-30 people per project) doing it only by phone and bi-weekly reports and one foreman meeting each week, but those are more easy, just doing roads and small structures like drains and ditches.

I assume these systems were mostly updates of old octopus systems (fully gravity fed).Local HVAC guys suggest leaving as-is unless someone wants to put AC in - but if we can avoid limiting the (future) borrowers to non-conforming products, that would be good!

You can make your own excel sheet or use the calculator here in BiggerPockets that is all inclusive and gives excellent info in your results.

You can request the HUD property report from your agent I just closed on a HUD home and the report is quite detailed over 33 pages with excellent pictures ,.

I was going to chime in on this thread but @Bill Gulley gave an excellent breakdown.