In fact I heard on a podcast where a guy started an LLC after he signed the paperwork and the deed was transferred in his personal name and he formed an LLC later and he got screwed.

I'm sure there's not enough detail in this post without quality pictures to base an opinion off of, but I essentially want to know if the uneven tile is a foretelling of something much larger, and should be avoided altogether, and if an inspector will easily be able to tell me what the cause of the uneven tile is. 

After the long paperwork process, they might sell it on the MLS, or sell it at an auction.

Essentially we would own half the street, and would have an opportunity to turn this neighborhood around. 

@Christopher Rutherford ok so I take out loan for house+renovation and then bank pays contractor directly and the goal is to have the contractor back pay you essentially?

I essentially reverse-engineered all of this and came back to the amounts I should then be contributing to my retirement accounts and the down payment savings account each pay period.  

I hesitate doing a short sale as I have excellent credit and would like to use that to my advantage as an investor, so I’ve essentially felt stuck in this condo for almost 10 years now.

I though it was a pay a fee done paperwork?

@Dustin CavalierRisk, albeit mitigated risk, is an essential part of being a successful entrepreneur so with little time, little money and a disdain for risk, you will have a long row to hoe.  

I have a property in DC where the roof is essentially flat and you could never see solar panels on the roof.