Install some inexpensive Factory Seconds Engineered Hardwood.

The way the law works in Ohio - any landowner can petition for drainage improvements on their property by filing a petition and $750 with the court, the county engineer assesses the situation and draws up plans and costs/benefits, there are a couple of hearings, and then the county commissioners decide whether to approve the project. 

In this case, I think the zestimate (based on their algorithm and not on inside appraisal, inspection or any on-site analysis) is completely misleading.

Environmental engineers, heavy equipment, destroyed yards all the way around the house (because of course it's not buried where it's easy to yank out).

An engineer will be inspecting on Thurdsay to give us a better idea whether or not he should walk away.  

Does anyone have a preferred search engine optimization company...VA or otherwise?..

Question is whether we should install the highes end laminate (looks great and more durable) or engineered/solid wood (looks great but less durable).?

I've faced the same question several times and have found an approach that worked for me as an individual investor and now as a Realtor in Las Vegas whose business is almost exclusively investors.By education I am an engineer and I've learned that you have to reverse the process in order to find the solution you are seeking.

This specific building gets messier and messier: It's in a flood zone so any improvements will have to make the whole building match the new flood code (building's worth about $50k; repairs will be at least $50k); the building is in a historic district; when SAR shored the building, they put the shoring on the foundation of the adjacent building...meaning the structural integrity of the adjacent building may be in question; the first engineering company didn't want to take on this project due to liability issues...the list goes on.It's a total PITA.  

Digging down in the basement will involve an engineer and the permitting process.