In your opinion, what would be the best thing to say to get my foot in the door to talk to them and take me seriously?

The estimate that I have is a complete itemized breakup of labor and material costs and includes everything from roofing, windows, furnace, kitchens, bathrooms, everything.

Its $291 a door.

Here's the basics on the house:--4000 SQFT (including 1000 SQFT finished basement--6yr old central unit and unknown age second unit--excellent foundation with no to very minimal settling--split level with large bedrooms and large bathrooms--1.5 acres lot in a good neighborhood with a few million dollar homes a couple of streets over--nice but neglected landscaping--built in late '70sFannie Mae wants $179k but it needs everything on the inside.

My banking contacts can get me the REOs but most of the money sources that I know have either closed their doors or are turtling.

I used to drive to city every day would take about an hour to the loop, door to door.

Owner's relative lived next door and conceded to letting him build his fence 4 feet wide (90ft deep) onto their (her-his daughter's)property line for RV maneuvering.

Repairs-windows, refinish hardwoods (beautiful floors throughout, just need sand/refinish), kitchen needs counters, bathrooms just need quick overhaul (toilet, vanity, sink), paint, and thats really about it.....I "guesstimate" no more than 10k on the very high side, and with me doing the work, def well under 10k.

A landlord can not transfer some responsibilities (heating, water, functional roof, doors and windows functioning, safe electrics).So, if you have an agreement and the tenant is following it you pretty much have no leg to stand on if you feel something is wrong.

Sparky I have never seen a property that has maintance costs of 225.00 per door per year.