I tried to rent & even do the renovations with my ...

I tried to rent & even do the renovations with my own materials as a deposit on a place that has sat empty for five years. Richard denied even hearing my proposal and said "
it's easier for him to let it sit and be a tax write-off" as apposed to helping out a single dad trying to keep his head above water.

In response to your reply: first of all there would be no liability issues that we couldn't have ironed out through a contract. Second of all my family and myself have been in the trade of construction for over three generations and do very nice work no matter what aspect of the trade. Third, the owner was never contacted with my proposal I know for a fact because I never even got to finish what I was saying before I was rudely cut off. From what I have gathered and seen with my own eyes and this is just speculation. The last time wrs went into this type of arrangement with someone on this property they got dooped and that party left the place the way it looks now so with the bad taste in your mouth you voud to not let it happen again. Understandable but I am not them and this proposal is completely different.
Something that Richard mentioned to me on the phone about the place needing $15,000 worth of repairs that kind of stuck in my head so I went ahead and went on the Home Depot website and added up everything that I can possibly think of even including a new washer and dryer, water heater, sinks, faucets, the enchilada. The total came out to just under $4700.00 so I guess they are going to charge the owner $10,000 in labor. For something that I would do just to move in to the place, with comparable materials that I mostly have on hand...