The cinder block turned my original 1 month timeline into 3 months, however it didn't effect my budget, obviously time is money so it did have an effect on my bottom line with the extra holding but I didn't come out of pocket any more then what I budgeted.I had no extra money to come out of pocket so I learned how to rehab a cinder block house.

How much room in the budget do you have?

Namely, a repair budget for this house to placed under city control by the purchaser until the house is rehabbed, nearly 10x the actual cost of rehabbing the stupid thing. real cost30-40k, their estimate, 250k.

Save up some reserves, create a budget, and stick with it.

This included 20 man hours of labor (4 movers x 5 hrs), rental of a u-haul truck, and rental of a 10 x 15 storage unit to hold the contents of the 2BR apartment.

Look at your approved budget to see what other expenses are coming up that have not been paid.   

I've budgeted 30-40k for my first purchase and in LA that doesn't get me very far.

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Every time there is a budget battle, they scream the loudest, because they are entirely committed to a single funding stream.

Of course if you have only a $10k total rehab, that will typically take a bit longer than just a week, but when you get into the $100k and up rehabs, you want to be at or around $10k weekly.Time is your enemy on renovation flips as every week that goes by increases your holding costs (interest, taxes, insurance, maintenance, utilities, etc.) so when you can get to $10k completed weekly, you are saving money in holding costs.Another couple photos:Another additional item completed but not originally budgeted for was the new front gate, new cement at garage area, new gray fence on driveway and new black top coat on asphalt from street all the way down the driveway.