All in we were at 328k (including holding costs) and at 380k we were making some profit, but that profit is completely dying right now.

I need $85k to finish the home with a market price in the $430k to $450k range.

Hey @Nathan P Tanner Apartment complexes do it all the time, you don’t need a finished unit to lock in a tenant, just market it like it’s move-in ready, and be clear on the move in date if it's within a month, that's a more reasonable time frame than waiting for 2 months or when rehab just started. 

In the dining room, we removed the old finishes and added three walls of shiplap, complemented by a striking black accent wall at one end.

But the Zestimate doesn’t mean much unless it reflects land or finished value.Buyers will reverse-engineer their offer based on resale potential minus build and soft costs.

This includes vinyl. 

I was planning to finish my basement as this would nearly double my homes sf, then reappraise in order to get as much home equity as possible. do you think this is a good idea?

They at least finished my rehab and got the refinance done, but they place went untouched for 4 months after I purchased it, when they had explicitly told me that the rehab was underway. 

. — a Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturer that works with the likes of Dell, Tesla and Apple — appears to have settled on Georgetown for a large factory.Georgetown-based Pegatron Technologies LLC on Aug. 4 noted in a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation that it intends to start work next month on a $20 million tenant finish out project at the 169,000-square-foot building 3 of the Blue Springs Business Park at 610 Blue Springs Blvd.

Labor around here (east TN) goes about $90/square and shingles+materials for architectural is going to start around $150/square, not including decking repair or things like new dripedge.