.$10,000 might seem like a lot to you and it is to your circumstances but its doable.Good Luck!

Seriously, looking back, my life is full of numerous examples of things that were labeled as impossible, or impractical, but I somehow managed to pull them off.

My question is that due to numerous unfortunate circumstances, two properties that my partner and I purchased (through a program) were underscoped, and we cannot move forward financially.

The rest of the thread is a good read and will give you a lot to think about.

Sure thing and it's definitely true that the problem with asking others opinions is they often disagree with each other and there's a lot to sort through.

Search the BP for ADU appraisals to encounter numerous examples.

There's a lot to digest but I'll try and give an overview while missing a bunch of info I'm sure.

Helps a lot to be thinking about tax categories as you enter data.

I also agree that RE appreciation is unlikely to match the last dozen years, but you never know.Where I am unsure we agree is that paying $450k to improve the cash flow ~$3k (your numbers but I expect my delta wold be similar meaning both my cash flow estimates would be worse than yours but both would be worse by the same amount not affecting the difference) makes sense especially if the cost of having the extra $450k is only 6% rate which is historically simple to beat via numerous investment options and hopefully no one is investing in RE for an expected of 6%.  

I’ve asked numerous guys I work with if this is a 24 hour job and all laugh.I guess I could be wrong even if you gave someone ten hours labor but 24?