If the basement is very large you might go thicker, cut in stress fracture points, or lay in some mesh to avoid it cracking badly.

However, I also know there are millionaires that started out with nothing but a dream and a prayer just like us and ended up millionaires but are probably to busy to post here because they are currently caulking a tub or getting their hands dirty with some task that others would turn their nose up at.

That is a stress fracture.

Money dragged across a landlords nose is never a good sign.

The flexible and tolerant won't be bothered by it not being quite done, nit-pickers will look down their nose at me at point it all out.  

People in cash flow markets look down there noses at appreciation markets.  

Again, most people turn their noses up at anything but 10%+ here.As far as calculating all the factors you mentioned, that is possible here as well, the only difference is that your margins for appreciate, forced or otherwise are much smaller.

Sure, however, I’m not very worried about prices taking a nose dive.

I don't mean to stick my nose in here, but you are the one losing money every month.

I don't believe sh*t stinks unless you rub my nose in it but I question everything.