Like putting in flooring is probably 1.50 to $2 a square foot for labor, and you can start to learn all these rules of thumb for all the trades.

Warren buffet used to say why jump over 1 foot hurdles when you can jump over 1 inch hurdles?

If you're thinking about turning your garage into a bedroom with a bathroom to make some extra cash, here’s the scoop based on my 20 years of experience: You'll need to budget for design and engineering costs, which typically run between $2 to $3 per square foot of your total property area, not just the garage.

Would it be helpful to connect with a local realtor that specializes in selling duplexes and their respective rents/ price per square foot?

And since this is an old house you will probably need to underpin the footings at the same time.  

I bought a house for 325k last year, a comp renovated 10 doors down is up for 540,000. 3/2 same as mine, 300 square foot bigger.

Use the filters on Dollar and sq foot for the buildings. 

I explain the problem as this analogy:The fed, President and congress blew up a twenty foot inflationary Ballon.

I also found out he didn’t put the right footings in, pretty much left the footings that held up the original stair case. he is using his “buddies” license to pull permits.

It is a very great program that has allowed me to purchase a home with no money down and get my foot in the door for investing.