@Nick UhasWell, here's my observations/advice given what you shared:Unless your dad was a big fish and had operations that actually justified having 4 houses untouched and vacant that needed work, (I'd guess that to justify this level of stagnation, at any given time he'd need to be turning over 15-20 projects per year) - the takeaway from this fact was that your dad didn't have the understanding of cash flow/ value of money to motivate himself to get the projects done in the proper order (ie: finish one, then move on to the other etc).I mention this because you need to learn the lesson he did not, which is that you have holding costs on these houses and you need to get them done ASAP. 

Well septic, dirt work soups to nuts.

I call this "Bank fishing." 

HI Lois, You might want to call him and ask him "What's Up" with this.Because LLC owners are not typically employees.If it swims like a fish, it just might by fishy.Be careful.Good Luck!

Frank, Your approach to try many marketing "fishing nets" is a good idea, as a wholesaler you want multiple ways to attract sellers.

That should have been the end of the story.For the tenant to almost immediately call the health department shows that she is a real nut job.

Maybe I'm just an efficiency nut.

The numbers were not that great but I went on a fishing expedition just with the numbers got some feedback.

I'm usually just fishing for a counter offer.

Do you have the capital to cover your nut for the duration of a full renovation if everyone leaves when you give them notice?