I think their general stance is going to be to go with whichever comparable property has the greatest degree of similarity in terms of (probably, in this order): location, age built, quality of construction/current condition, and square footage.

Depending on how upscale your finishes really were, you could have that built in this market for 300 to 325 per square foot fairly easily right now.

And then the second item is - if you do take out more money, where does that leave you from a cashflow standpoint.   

If things work out with this 2nd company, and I have one operating rental in place of two empty lots in North Port, I'll be happy(ish). ya I built 3 up in the Ocala area took way longer but they got done and we did make a very small profit on them but I count that as being very fortunate.

We built a BEAUTIFUL Mailchimp account and sent out half a dozen Wholesale properties, only to get flagged and our account 'Deactivated' after sending one 'Private Lender' email campaign. 

The longer that you are in the real estate investing game, the more that you realize that actual wealth is built through appreciation.

I’m at a stage where I’ve built a small portfolio and now I need partners/investors in order to continue my rate of growth. 

Built out the basement into a 2 bed/1 bath unit Lessons learned?

Maybe when you get over 5 you can start to look at management suites.VRBO and AirBNB have all the tools built in to manage.

we have a flag lot and constant deliveries every single day.. so far so good.. we are on a culdesac with only 3 houses ( built mine and the one in front) someone would have to follow one of the vans to snag ours as you cannot see them from the street and I have not had anyone pull up into my driveway as you would have to back out.