Frankly, I'd see if you can hire a property inspector to come with you for the day to give their impressions.

If you've never done a remodel before, I would suggest hiring a contractor and having a good sized cash amount in your contingency.

He also has an academy that you can join but you really don't need to if you listen to his show from the beginning.Chris Chico sells a program that he calls virtual wholesaling that teaches people how to do wholesaling from a distance.

But you're looking at additional legal fees anyway if you have to hire an attorney to help you get the payoff.

I purchased a home for $890,000 and the assessed value for the purposes of property taxes was $580,000 for example.Many buy and hold real estate investors in the commercial space with big portfolios even hire attorneys on commission / retainer to get the assessed value of their building lowered as much as possible to save on property taxes. 

Most only show partial information and you have to go physically to the court house (or hire someone) to get the rest of the info and print out pages if necessary,  If you cannot find it on the website call the offices.

Is hiring a property management company necessary to manage your rental properties.

Hiring an investment company will take off the entire load from your shoulders as they will help you right from the starting process.

I went to another town about 50 miles away, and hired a third attorney. 

I bet any attorney you hire will want more $$$ than Rick & has never actually had to deal w/ your situation thinking through it "as an investor".