The question is a little broad, but I think I would start with comparing price per square foot with current sales, listings, and pending houses in the area.

In case you are still interested, I wouldn't touch Trona with a 10 foot pole, make that 10 mile pole...

The seller is requiring a sales contract before I can step foot on the property.

The 3/0 wire you need is about $3 a foot, and you would need three of these.

Depending on how far the existing chimney footing sits in the ground and where the flu exits the building, you may need to dig a well and put in some drainage (crushed stone) ... but likely not.

Kills several birds with one stone - including getting your foot in the door.

I feel that paying him sets the relationship off on the wrong foot.

Perhaps your end Buyers will be "flat-footed" (like the hitter facing his first knuckle ball) and a confused Buyer is usually a No-Buyer.Rough time in the 10 year Tbill world.

The days of spilled beer and late night boat parties are long gone, and a $500 million project twenty-five years in the making has finally yielded an 18-story, 450,000 square foot riverfront office tower together with three restaurants, a 150-room Aloft hotel, and a 1200-foot boardwalk, all opening this week.

Pull cash sales around the property recently, if any, see what they are paying per square foot on average.