Background: I am a Mechanical Engineer working in Cincinnati, living in Northern Kentucky.

I am an Eagle Scout, I have an architectural engineering degree, and great with numbers and have completed a renovation in the past on a property I am holding as an income property in Rhode Island.

I am a structural engineer, registered in the state of NY, and having worked on new construction and renovations with small and large developers inspired me to take a leap of faith to become one of them.  

How much should it cost to lay an engineered hardwood floor over apporx 700 sq ft?

:) Super Jumbo is generally up to $5m & still largely algorithmic like you are used to, larger than that it's generally done on a one-off basis.Worth noting is that technically the lender still must follow the post-recession "Ability To Repay" rule, meaning the lender can't just go "oh, 40% down, we can't lose even if we have to foreclose, loan approved!"....

After 3-4 months, I think you'll start to get the hang of it by reading here a lot.Later you can buy a new porsche like me and laugh at all the college snobs who think theyre better than everyone else and doubted you, yet they make as much as 1-2 burger king workers after accumulating $50,000+ in student loans (my favorite tactic was to post pictures of it online with me in it and then proceed to give them facebook pokes to force them to look at my profile, and then ask them what their experience with V12 engines have been like because im planning to purchase a new ferrari next year)

Working against me is original report from 2012 was done by "most highly regarded " structural engineer in Berkeley.

I think you should reverse engineer what you want to do.

Now I'm debating whether to paint over it with a white epoxy floor paint or put engineered hardwood over the top.  

No secret sauce, you get what you pay for so if you looking at a $40,000 MF don't expect to have a lawyer or engineer as your tenants