Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

In general for a traditional loan, it needs to be a complete and functional home absent safety hazards. 

Let us know what the offer is, compared to what you're asking.

If I can make it work, it would save me a substantial amount of taxes.I would then plan on taking those funds (profit from the flip) and either (a) investing it in other self directed eligible assets (RE, LLC interests, etc.) or (b) transferring it back to a traditional brokerage firm and to simply invest it in equities.  

It will be a finished basement and compared to other properties that have finished basements.

I compare my services to those of the "competition" and the private Landlord: online payments, solid screening, no evictions in 5 years, over 340 rentals under management, member of NARPM and higher code of ethics, etc.3.

Then compare it to the best in class metrics to other platform/funds.

After appraisal, the bank has determined there are no comparable properties and thus no basis for the valuation and have denied the loan.

I'm sure every market has different labor and material costs so this won't be comparing apples to apples, but would greatly appreciate any feedback.

The crime rate there is low compared to downtown Chattanooga, but I'm not sure if Red Bank is an up-and-coming neighborhood, an established neighborhood, or a place people are fleeing.