It seems easier  to estimate CapEx - I know the big ticket items and roughly how much a new roof is, how much a furnace is, how much an oil tank is, etc..  

New metal roof, painted the interior and exterior, sanded and painted the kitchen cabinets, and installed a new furnace.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in North Little Rock. 2021: new metal roof, painted the interior and exterior, sanded and painted the kitchen cabinets, and installed a new furnace.2024: New new vinyl plank flooring and carpet were installed throughout the home, all of the electrical outlets were replaced, and the A/C condenser and compressor were replaced.This property is currently listed for sale!

Need a new roof in a 3-5 years, you probably want to be pretty liquid (year long CD, Money Market, maybe very short term bond fund etc) for those funds.On a condo board 15 years ago, I  was once able to get us into some nice CD's a decade ago that laddered with the useful life of components.

Roof, furnaces, HW tanks, windows all under 5 years old? 

If it is mostly smoke damage to the interior it will be ok, but if the roof caught fire and burned away that's a whole different ball game.

Complete remodel, redid or replaced all flooring, plumbing, electrical, new roof on the garage and retied all the windows.

Roof appeared in great shape and was reported 3-5 years old, ended up being 16+ years old and needing replaced.

,he foreclosed my home after 60 days and there’s reasons such as a storm ripped the roof off and I had to use $ to repair.

My roof is terrible and the wood flooring (new) is already warping.