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Put in a ton of money into house, have to move for work.

Bought my house last year for 415k, it was in decent shape but needed a lot of work as it hasn't been updated in ages. Put 230k into the home from my investment portfolio, planning on it being our forever home. New steel roof, master bath gut and remodel, new kitchen, updated hvac from it's underpowered state, new engineered wood deck, new water system & water heater, whole house gen, and solar.

Well you know what they say, you plan and good laughs. Now we need to move for my job. Realtors I've talked to say they would only price the house at about 560-580 based on the market comps. No other houses within 5 miles have the amount of updates i have put in though. The only thing close would be some brand new builds nearby, which are 780+. But the realtors all told me that the appraisal won't take into account even half of the money i put in.

Am i SOL? Checked with work to see if they would compensate me/buy my house, because i have to move for work... They won't. Anything i can do what so ever?

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