I've been watching a million videos, reading a lot of books, websites, ect. 

NOI of 100K - I would check on cap rates as in legitimate from a commercial real estate Broker in the area not how they are discussed on this website to determine actual value.

I've even looked up properties on my local tax assessor's website to find homes with different mailing addresses to get a feel for (what I believe) I would be doing on the daily to find deals.Today, I was driving around my area and found a house that looked vacant and abandoned; tall grass, bordered up windows..

I'm a big proponent of using sites like homeadvisor, thumbtack, porch, etc to find contractors, but for the life of me I can't seem to find a decent contractor to do drywall finishing or stucco a project that we're completing. 

Handling one of these issues the first time is going to be scary but learning that process will enable you to go after or even specialize in certain types of issues like these. 

If you provice me with an email address I'll forward to her via the Upwork site and she'll reach out to you.And hope your home—and those close to you—survived the floods!

What i'm wondering is if it makes sense to try to negotiate the cost of DEMO against the value of the property - my plan is to sink a few thousand bucks and a few weeks of work into the house and live in it while working on the site plan and building out the second house for my parents. 

Here is an article on my website addressing your question. http://www.costsegregationservices.com/file-form-3115-not/

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.