Only two options1) make more money2)spend less moneyIt’s easier to work side jobs and keep a REI account you NEVER touch

May be the best couple hundred bucks you ever spend. 

You can get a higher return than 10-12% spending $40-50k.

She ended up spending triple the amount of money she had budgeted to convert it- so I would proceed with caution.

If you could live forever, then the only real consideration would be how much you have to spend and how fast you want to grow. 

The engineer report will legally protect you. 

Sometimes it gets people off their bark-a-lounger and involved but many times people spend the money only to find out they need one on one help through a couple of transactions to have the knowledge and confidence to actually be successful.

To bring the building to rent ready at your standard, you need to spend a lot of money. typically you will be spending around 10k per door to get a reasonable standard including HVAC etc. 

I'm not saying cash for keys is the best option for this scenario, but if it is, you can't let emotion get in the way of your protecting your investment.

You may have missed it my original post that I have a fair sum of money in another 1031 that I have to spend - trying to identify/close on a bunch of SF units within the time constraints is no fun.