My Real Estate Agent is a nice, Lawyer, from Brazil who can't practice here, so, he becomes an Agent and continues to remind me of how Professional he is and how he has the Plan for Selling my properties that, I don't have, because I am not a Professional...Stop stepping on my feet and spitting in my face and call me back when you have a Buyer.

Get our feet wet so we can start learning by doing.

We'll just bump it out 20 feet, and go up, and replace the whole interior. $60k should cover it!

Usually it's by bedroom size, and square feet of unit.

Personally, I have a master where every item is broken down into the 16 CSI Master Format divisions where I listed, down to the nails specs, every item you could ever need, and I sourced the prices from hardware stores and specialty stores.Then I had tables for items like: "wall framing" where I included all needed items from the first sheet leaving the qty at some nominal number like 10 feet.

Trying to make out the sun at 6AM and come up with directions, is like trying to punch a square peg through a round hole... it ain't gonna happen.

I am just getting my feet wet in reading and learning about real estate investing.  

I look at the square foot of the house and figure out how much the land lords are getting per square foot.

You can also add two feet of plastic around the home with landscaping rock over it, again to keep the water moving away.

We went with Juniper Square as we thought it had the best features for what we need now and what we will need as we grow.