Your unpermitted basement is likely not going to fly as a second unit so at best, could be added Sf to the existing dwelling.

Maybe you can send me a pair of bamboo door beads?

I love the idea of a cute backsplash, will definitely be adding this after the summer season!

Ask if we’d like to be added to your cash buyers list.2.

Thanks for the book recommendation, I will be adding that one to my list of must read's!

This opportunity has a few years of back taxes and will be added to the counties foreclosure sale list within two months so I need to move fast.  

It might be adding a few more inches of blown insulation to the attic, replacing windows, and insulating walls in some rooms that I do demo like a bathroom.

Property would have to be held in an LLC and you would have to be added to the LLC as a member, the previous owner would also have to remain as a member

I will be adding an ADU (additional dwelling unit) to my property for rental income. 

There are numerous houses that need significant upgrades to be what I would consider appealing, but I'm out of the area so I may not have a great bead on the market.You don't seem to have a job you're moving for so I suppose if it were me I'd prefer the western parts of the state, but Raleigh and Chapel Hill both have very nice areas, as do many other parts that other posters have already mentioned.