IF you just purchased the home you may not know if a heavy 24 hour pouring rain storm may cause water in basement.Just be careful, go with ceramic tile if you plan to put flooring down.But yeah finihsed basements doen right is a great way to double your living space and or get additional rental income.Chris

Order a third-party property inspection Make sure the property has been rehabbed to turnkey quality that will maximize your cash flow (roof and HVAC updated, ceramic tile it kitchen and bath, vinyl plank hardwood in high traffics areas, durable carpet installed in bedrooms, external fences and buildings addressed during the rehab, supply hoses replaced under the sinks, etc) otherwise your cash flow will go to maintenanceBe skeptical of the one-year tenant warranty.

We have eliminated some of the things like ceiling fans, went to ceramic tile, Paint baseboards same as walls, If it's Broke either eliminate it or fix it.

I'm trying to look at the bright side and at least now I can get the ceramic tile that looks like wood and increase the rent.

Having some oil filled electric radiators , or those ceramic heaters can be a building saver . ( One of those small ceramic heaters keeps my RV 72 degrees in 30 degree weather)   

Ended up doing foundation, plumbing, ceramic tile on basement, patio with cement which costed like 12,000 but I don’t think that cost is for material only and it has been 5 months already, when it should only take like 1 month tops!

Obviously, it's a lot harder to remove ceramic tile than it is to remove carpet.

I will be using LVP flooring over the existing ceramic tile. 

I will be buying a spacious Duplex house, spacious kitchen and living room stair way up to three bedrooms with 1.5 baths, one full bath upstairs half next to kitchen (same for the next door). the person that had it almost finished the basement it is livable with nice ceramic bathroom, nice living room and potential for rooms. now i don't want to occupy these to make the most profit.

(bathrooms will be different tile floors)Ceramic tile has pros, but also many cons:Gets dirty and eventually seems impossible to get dirt out of the texturesGrout lines get permanently dirty, unless you pay for special cleaningCan crack with careless tenants moving in and outAre there any vinyl flooring options that landlords have used that really stand up to tenants?