The pool needs 7K worth of repair and 14K to demo. 

You are going to have to demo all off it.

Get demo done as quickly as possible with a larger crewHave a clear vision for the property up frontHaving a higher quality finish drove an emotional appeal for the property and got it sold very quickly in a tough market to sell

I also feel like my background in tech could help me serve remote workers better.I know there are other demos we should also look into, so I'm hoping for some insight on that.If anyone is interested or knows of anyone who might be interested, please let me know.

Demo is quite easy but pulling the permits will not be easy.

The curveball is that we already started the demo and most of the existing home is gone.

There were closing costs, demo costs, tax and insurance costs and professional fees, like engineers and architects.Besides for taxes and insurance, can anything else get expensed?

Sometimes I wonder, if this is just a "generic" 80s built tract house, would demo and new construction be cheaper?  

Balloon" framing (1920's I believe).Radon.Plaster and lathe instead of sheet rock (pre 1950's) or plaster and wire mesh variations (50's) more solid than sheetrock but a real b*tch to repair or demo if you're remodeling.You've got Galvy plumbing but also need to look out for other kinds of outdated plumbing like clay sewer lines (pre-1930's, prone to collapsing, bellies, root intrusion), cast iron (1950's, often rusted and/or cracked by now), and PB (polybutylene, gray-colored water pipes, 1980's, prone to rapid degradation and subsequent bursting, mostly gone by now).Buried Oil Tanks-- Do you have those there?

So first I want to remove the odor and then demo/clean the property and then start the rehab process.