Who owns the mineral rights they don't always transfer with the property.Another likely scenario is it could of been a lay down yard or similar for nearby project..

Thanks It's hard to help until you have the basic knowledge to even ask what you need help with. 

Here are the rough numbers on one of the houses, both are similar:Total investment (acquisition, remodel, carrying costs) - $200,000Current value (after netting out selling costs) - $270,000Potential Rent - $1,500/monthI can do a refi and get my $200K back out of the project, that leaves me with a mortgage payment of $1,400 including taxes and insurance (assuming 30 yrs. at 5.5%). 

I also have access to my 401k which I have basically saved to use as the starting platform for my investing. 

I personally have been targeting Dorchester recently because there's a lot of value add projects in that area of Boston.

I have a taxpayer that wants to redeem basically I have cut the grass a couple of times and sprayed the yard with Permethrin poison to kill the fleas and roaches and ants and other bugs and have cleaned up the property extensively because there was trash everywhere and it was kind of overgrown how do I charge for this if I'm charging for the value and not the cost

So it would basically be one unit upstairs and one downstairs.  

Basically lead paint on window sills (5ft or lower), handrails, and railing caps. 

. $34k), and I've projected that we could pay the remaining $45k by June of 2019 if we keep going at the rate we are now.  

Not to mention the amount of time the place would be vacant while you do the project.