It has been remodeled, new septic, new plumbing, new airstream, has barn(falling apart), all the bell's and whistles.

I had a binder with the lease, the payment history, the plumbing bill he owed me, and all of our conversations.

It does not have plumbing and I've been quoted about $12k to connect to city sewage and add plumbing.

Look at the comps and the costs to tear down walls-it would require moving plumbing and possibly electrical and duct work.

An attached ADU (basically an addition) is usually cheaper and easier, since it can share plumbing.

Otherwise, we added a new kitchen, replaced a dated built-in desk area with a full pantry complete with barn door, new flooring on main living level, paint on exterior and 90% of interior, new light fixtures and repairs to electrical and plumbing (minor).

Otherwise, we added a new kitchen, replaced a dated built-in desk area with a full pantry complete with barn door, new flooring on main living level, paint on exterior and 90% of interior, new light fixtures and repairs to electrical and plumbing (minor).

And needed a ton of structural work, plumbing/electrical, etc..Anyway, I decided not to get permits.

I worked in commercial construction for a few years (roofing, foundation, plumbing, building envelope stuff, ect.) but I'd still consider my personal skills to be somewhat basic.

@Ned J.I was able to tour the upstairs since it is separate and he doesn't live there. the down stairs needs a lot of work as in it looks like a dirty frat house (looked in through the windows) there is trash everywhere and the walls have years of cigarette smoke on them. the foundation looks good, HVAC too (was able to get into the basement since there is a exterior entrance. however the brother has convictions for "criminal property damage" so I guess my concern is him taking a bat to everything/ ripping out plumbing, and the numbers not working with 70K in damages.