The electrical work that the contractor was working on is about 60% finished.

So, you must leave your pots on the stove when you're finished cooking?

Six months later they were sending me argumentative email and a barrage of cooked up maintenance complaints.

For a kitchen, you are looking at $5,000 - $10,000 depending on finishes which would include labor and materials (demo old kitchen, new cabinets (10x10 kitchen), new granite / marble countertops, kitchen sink with faucet, tile backsplash, kitchen appliances, crown moulding on the cabinets, and tile or hardwood on the floors).

Some of the rest were upgraded finishings--stainless appliances, tiled shower surround, granite, etc. 

We just finished two projects, both ended up going over 150!

Here in the Washington, DC area we have several non-profit stores that re-sell donated construction materials and finish materials.

Next my plan is to finish the upper two units and try to get those rented first, and then work to complete the bottom two units.

By the time I had finished printing yellow letters, putting them in stacks of fifty, then rolling them up with rubber bands, I had enough rolls to fill a gym bag.

If it ends up you do need a high-finish, flip-level rehab just to rent it out, maybe you can take on a partner for the deal so you don't end up being stuck?