Under most office leases, you are going to be charged extra for all the operating expenses of the building, from taxes and insurance to security to cleaning the restrooms.If you need any work done in your office, you have to go through the building management and use their contractors.

Thoughts on using metal roofs, stained concrete floors, quartz counter tops etc.

The honest thing would be to move utilities immediately but the seller refused us a walk through (he just said I can walk out of the deal if I want but he has no time for a walkthrough) and I figure why - excessive humidity in the basement which he cleaned up quite well at the original showings.

You can find a Greater Boston Real Estate Board TAW agreement free online and print a few copies. 2 - Personally, I would say if you have good tenants (clean apartments, long-term tenancy, good payment history, etc...)it might be best to leave them as TAWs but just have them sign a written agreement. 3 - I'm not  a fan of long term leases for apartments.

Just a second thought and what I always say up here is it's our market and if we don't clean up after ourselves - we get to live in it. 

If you chose not to wholesale it but keep it can you pay for it to be boarded up and made safe including keeping the landscaping and surrounding areas clean and likewise safe?

Lets say I see a property for $1.2M for a first floor in a commercial building.

If a landlord has a lot of short-term tenants for only 3-6 months as a time, there may be extra clean up and repair costs associated with get the unit ready for new tenants. 

The house needs new paint inside and out and laminate flooring in one bedroom, so nothing too major.  

This is the second floor of the barn (haymow).