PROFESSIONAL INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTION NOTICES: Buyer may conduct at Buyer’s expense (unless payment for such expense is otherwise required by governmental regulation) any or all of the following inspections of the Real Estate by one or more licensed or certified inspection services: home, radon, environmental, lead-based paint, lead-based paint hazards or wood-destroying insect infestation, or any other inspections desired by Buyer in the exercise of reasonable due diligence.

How do you prevent or insure against environmental contamination.   

WOW, beautiful home, and environmentally friendly. 

I am working as an independent contractor working alongside a real estate firm that is looking for B-C properties of the 20 unit or higher variety preferably with a value add component to the deal.  

It may sound like I'm just trying to not have to put any work in ever, but in all actuality I am simply not confident in my abilities to handle all of these components..

I believe the description was "marginal" condition for many of the heating components.

I'm sure that's not the case here but my point is, crunching the numbers is only one component of your journey.

At the end of this period, we will exchange into a larger commercial property with a similar value add component.

These are all components that change depending on the type of financing you use, and they factor prominently into your ability to see the project through, as well as what you walk away with in the end.3. 

[rant] For a single building, I don't need an engineer to dismantle it to be able to identify the components [/rant]:sigh:here's a link to the issues