Hopefully you get a great company in it for the long haul, trying to build a excellent reputation and get repeat customers/referrals.

The complex contains 6 units who have tenants who have been there over 10 years, and a handful that have been there 4 or 5 years.

Despite working with several customers in the industry (my other business), I'm not a fan of having several hundred or thousand gallons of heating fuel (essentially diesel) sitting around our rental properties.

Yes we found local general contactors (a self contained team of electricians, plumbers, flooring & drywall guys) willing to do each unit for $3000 + we budgeted $1000 for appliances.

I don't want tenants using the attic for storage since this area contains the HVAC, water heater and natural gas lines.

RichFreight container, mobile, prebuilt homes are the way to go, just expect street life of one to two years from what I've heard.

For example, if you were delivering groceries to a customer via a company truck and you were at fault in having an accident, you will be held personally responsible for being at fault.

@James V When I say "starting bid" I am talking about starting a bid lower than what the customer was wanting to sell their house for.

This is also driven and controlled by local custom as all brokers have a working relationship within each Board of Realtors franchise.If you are ever in such a situation you should call the most recent broker and inform them of the circumstances and ask for a board determination or written letter of agreement in the matter between the applicable brokers (not agents, but thier brokers).If one broker is not a Realtor (member of the Board of Realtors) then you need a release or letter of agreement between the brokers.A real estate commission usually can not be the basis for any lien upon a property, but it can become a civil matter.

An investor has called us eyeing a piece of land. The particular piece of land is very challenging.
The land is a very good deal. I told him if he wanted to buy the land and was able to hold it it would take me 6-8 m...