As you know investing out of state can be extremely nerve racking and most of all risky.

This one cost $55,000 in good condition, does need some tree work and a roof.  

Colombia inflation is going through the roof - currenlty at about 7.5% which is not good. 

Its a flat roof so there are many options.

There was one guy running around who cut the roof out of his with a sawsall so he could pile the crap higher.

FYI, the house has a new roof, electrical, plumbing and furnace.

I need to replace an old roof on a small one car garage/shed.

The roofs are in OK shape as are the electrical panels, but getting insurance on older apartment buildings is a nightmare. 

My issues are these:The current owner has no information about anything on the property including how old the roof is, how old the heating systems are, nothing. 

.): The distance from the property line of the front and side walls, porches, and exterior features of any proposed new construction must be compatible with the distance from the property line of similar elements of existing contributing structures in the context area.The exterior features of new construction must be compatible with the exterior features of existing contributing structures in the context area.The scale and proportions of the new construction, including the relationship of the width, overall height, eave height, foundation height, porch height, roof shape and roof pitch, and other dimensions to each other, must be compatible with the typical scale and proportions of existing contributing structures in the context area unless special circumstances, such as an atypical use, location or lot size, warrant an atypical scale and proportions.The height of the new construction must not be taller than the typical height of existing contributing structures in the context areas unless special circumstances , such as an atypical use, location or lot size warrant an atypical height, except that:a.design guidelines for an individual historic district may provide that a new construction with two stories may be constructed in a context area with only one-story contributing structures as long as the first story of the new construction has proportions compatible with the contributing structures in the context area, and the second story has similar proportions to the first story; andb.