The only way I would decide to go through the rezoning process is if I were going to be building new with the intention of eventually reselling to recoup those upfront soft costs. 

Additionally, because so much stripper was used, it made the wood extremely soft, so when any type of chisel or sander that was applied, would cut deeply into the wood… It was literally a nightmare!

Due to high demand, we've only done a soft launch of this fund thus far to grant our legacy investors a spot before it fills up.

I'm too soft hearted on their sob stories...plus I was running pretty hard back then so all the little calls were annoying when I was working big flip.

I also would be hesitant to give anything with anything other than very soft deadlines.

My all-in budget after speaking to contractors and designers was as follows:4BR 3BA - 3,000SF - $250/SFRoughly categorizing as follows:$100k - soft costs (permits, designer, plans, etc.)$400k - contractor$200k - finishes$50k - landscape$750k TOTAL

And around here, Boston, you can't just fill it in, because it becomes a soft spot with the limited drainage (even if it leaks).

(Then they'd probably use Kohler which I believe is the big "major" brand Ferguson carries)If you have a Ferguson Supply locally would highly suggest the Pro-Flow toilet line along with a Bemis or Pro-Flow soft close easy/clean seat.

A lot of features that usually would be considered upgrades in custom kitchens come standard with IKEA cabinets (soft close doors, base pull out drawers, ect).

These aren't fancy cabinets, they are particle board boxed with dovetail drawers and soft close hinges.