.: Depends on what I’m replacing.

Most arbitrage problems start from misaligned expectations, not bad contract language.Templates can help, but they don’t replace clarity around control, maintenance responsibility, insurance, and exit terms.

I did a lot of the renovation work with my father who’s an engineer and learned much of the basics from him (demolition, framing, insulation, basic electrical and plumbing, design, flooring, etc.).

Some tenants leave the place in great condition while others will require you to do paint, repairs/replace certain components.

He also severed a roof joist to make way for a sewer vent pipe, which will now require repair (I believe that I will need a structural engineer to sign off on a mitigation plan). 

I have 80% co-insurance with replacement cost value.  

For the investor, that meant holding costs piling up fast.Here’s how we resolved it:Got on-site immediately to document status and secure the property.Started calling vetted backup contractors to step in for plumbing and electrical.Negotiated with the GC to either replace the missing subs or risk losing the contract.Within a week, new crews were in place, and we recovered most of the lost time in the schedule.It wasn’t pretty, but it kept the project moving and prevented a major blow to the investor’s budget and timeline. 

My advice seeing what she's going through is to get a structural engineer.

Replacing all the locksets is EXPENSIVE, but so is a locksmith that would just rekey the doors.

I would need to check the books and then propose a price.I get the “AI will replace bookkeepers/accountants” argument, but I think it misses the core reality of what accounting actually is in practice: It is constantly a gray and depends on context that rarely lives inside the transaction itself.A bank feed line item is just a line item.