General / Sub Contractor(s) - Fair Pricing?

[Jonathan H.]

Hey,

Had a quick question relating to finding "fair prices" for general / sub contractors in my area. Recent ran across the "RSMeans Contractor's Pricing Guide: Residential Repair & Remodeling 2013 (Means Residential Repair & Remodeling Costs)" book - does anyone have any experience with this? or possibly another similar source to find average prices for each task? I would really like to have a list of tasks and fair prices so that I could calculate a (generalized) average total repair cost for each flip. Would really hate to overpay for the contracting work on my first few flips - as it has the potential to make quite a big difference in the end price.

Thanks