Instead, you killed the goose that lays the golden eggs. 

Kitchen has custom Cabinets, Stainless Steel appliances including Gas range with pot filler, tile backsplash and leathered marble countertops.

PermaSeal recommended a drain tile system which I agreed to.

We ended up laying down Kilz on the concrete before laying the flooring.

If you do it all yourself at minimum your looking at probably 5-7k on the kitchen, 2-3k on the bath, 1.5k in the floors unless you are using the peel and stick tiles, close to 500 in pain and supplies.

He also broke some fireplace surround tile that I was keeping.  

That's the purpose of a lease...to prevent these situations and lay out in advance what occurs when something happens. 

I can buy tile, light fixtures, bathroom fixtures, drywall, paint, primer.

.#2 - Start going to events like those at Home Depot on Saturdays, where they show you how to tile, or other basic trade tasks. volunteer to help friends, volunteer for a Habitat For Humanity project.

Oops I feel like there's so much to do, but once I get lazy and lays down, there goes my whole day scrolling on tiktok lol...