It’s 3 beds, 2 bath, finished basement, and two car detached garage in the suburbs.

I Hired the wrong contractor to finish my basement.

After we both finished the book we knew we did not want to work to see all of our money go towards our house.  

@Steven Woods in regards to insurance, from start to finish you could have 3 different policies depending on how fast the project progresses.1)  Vacant land policy - if you will be holding the property for more than 60 days before breaking ground.2) Once you are ready to break ground, and to secure financing,  you will need a Builders Risk Policy.3)  Landlord policy can be put in place once the property has the occupancy permit and it will be 70% leased out within 60 days from the start of the policy. 

If you combined that skillet with knowledge of zoning ordinance and code then you'd be cooking. 

If yours has nicer finishes but is smaller, you can assume a certain premium for finishes, but a reduction for size.  

What is the best and most cost effective way to finish/cover the sad plywood?

Sounds like a pretty good opportunity; hit me up if you want to talk shop and we might be able to help get you to the finish line.

What is the complete list of documents that I have to bring in Cook County record office?

Hi AllI'm looking for the best path to take in regards to getting into rental properties in the Hagerstown, MD area (starting with a house hack).I'm still currently living at home with mom and dad while I'm finishing up my last year in college and working full time making ~50K and am able to save/invest most of it due to my only real expenses being a car payment and insurance.I have about $30k saved up between cash and a brokerage account and a pretty solid credit score of around 740 so I shouldn't have much trouble with loan rates.My main question is - would it be more beneficial to wait it out and buy properties with a conventional loan and 20% down to avoid mortgage insurance or would it be better to use an FHA loan just to get my foot in the door and start my rental property journey.Any and all advice/input is greatly appreciated.