The Ultra was about $1.00 more per square foot, and looked more like real wood to me. 

Also its a 3 bed 2 bath 1241 square feet- who is your target tenant? 

I can redraw it (I'm an engineer :P )the green boxes are windows, the red lines are doors or doorwaysThanks,-Tas

So if you apply for instance and net worth is 100,000 but build out is 50k and with survival money you have to turn a profit in 6 months or you go under that is a huge red flag. 

(i.e, you order 10 squares of roofing.What YOU DON'T have to do:  Arrange, and be responsible for, delivery.  

Purchase price: $110,000 Cash invested: $22,000 Duplex with a 4BR/2BA and 1604 square feet What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Basically if someone is offering to pay 12 months in advance there are a lot of red flags that go up. 

Freshly remodeled houses sell for $3-400 a square foot or more depending on the neighborhood.

your poor planning is NOT my emergency"Every time I have rented to a deadbeat, one of the red flags was some emergency urgent reason to move in before the my conditions were met. 

It just might mean that he has to break his estimate down a little more so you can break the jobs and payments up more.I would say that if a contractor isn't willing to do that, it would be a big red flag in my mind and I wouldn't use them.