Pound pavement.Meet local BrokersUnfortunately there is no crystal ball I pounded pavement for 6 months before I got my first deal.

Although I have no magic crystal ball - On a gut jobDepending on how extensive you are guttingWindows/Electric/HVAC/Plumbing $45 - $65 per SF is a fair Guesstimate

By that time the tenants were long gone but I’d already got the ball rolling on the eviction.

I'm asking anybody with experience in new construction what a ball park price for a single story 3 bedroom 2 bath home would be?

It started the ball rolling for me. 

My parents have 23 houses but they never did the snow ball effect but I'm kinda leaning towards it to start out and would really love some extra insight on this subject.

So I understand @Stanford Neal Mead only if we could have bought a crystal ball from Amazon back then, SMH.

@Cole Hopkins, Your question is more about strategic placement rather than tax implications but as a ball park figure that your basis plus those improvements minus 4 years of depreciation would leave you with a gain of somewhere around $250K of which $220 would be gain at around 19% and 30K at 25%. 

(Ball park figures) The real question is "how do you get to that number most efficiently".

Painting probably same thing based on per sqft and stuff like trim flat rate.As you get up into things like kitchens or bathrooms etc you should be able to ball park a range based on size...