Nothing can, simply because every area is going to be different, every contractor is going to be different, pricing changes seasonally, material prices change monthly, there are different levels of contractors and quality, there are different levels of material and quality, etc.What the estimating book will give you:* A step-by-step methodology to learning how to walk a property and assess its condition and the repairs that are needed.* A step-by-step methodology to creating a scope of work for the renovation.* A step-by-step methodology for how to inspect various systems of the property to determine what is working and what is not.* A set of templates for the line items that will end up on your scope of work.* A ballpark range of pricing for each of those line items.

I have been reading a lot of books on Real Estate investing and methodologies, listening to the podcast's on BP and going to meet up groups to learn more. 

I use it for my personal simplified GTD system.

Supervising appraiser had to come out -- remeasured and, of course, backed up the methodology of the understudy.

Some of the gurus have good points and most of their methodology will work in perfect conditions - but hard work is essential to realizing the results they proclaim.

The Case Shiller methodology involves comparing sales of the same property over time.

I know his methodology, and it stands up to anybody's scrutiny.  

In some states, it must be a certain constituency cement grout and be placed in a certain methodology in order to be considered adequate. 2.

I am against this Bailout Plan because there exist better alternatives to its overall structure as it relates to timing, magnitude and the methodology of attacking the current economic problem.The “emergency†plan was introduced with an overwhelming sense of urgency as the solution to the global credit freeze that would inevitably lead to wide spread job losses, increased home foreclosures and an annihilation of investor confidence.

Just getting some ideas on methodology.