.#3 Contact Local Contractors for PricingCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.Note: Some contractors will be reluctant to share pricing without seeing the property, but tell them you are just looking for a rough budget number you can use on future projects.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

Is the property new or 100 years old, a condo or a SFR, are taxes and insurance among the highest or lowest in the country, is there an Hoa, do you use a property manager, if so what do they charge for, does your property have a tile roof and stucco siding or asphalt shingles?

If you want a few more years they sell an asphalt roof sealer.

self repaired driveway that had tons of holes in pavement What was the outcome?

This can include carpeting, closet shelving, ceiling fans, other furniture, mill-work, decorative lighting, flood lights, special purpose plumbing (excluding main lines) window treatments, cable tv rough-in, and more.Don't forget you can also segregate out the 15-year 'land improvements' which accelerates to a faster life, which can also be a tremendous amount, including landscaping, asphalt, concrete curbing, fencing, site lighting, and more.Don't forget there are a lot of conditions that apply for filing a proper study with the IRS, not just identifying the property and specific costs.

It is usually very brittle, but the siding on my rental is actually kind of soft and is more of an asbestoes-asphalt emulstion type material that I was not familiar with and it took me a while ot figure out it was asbestos.

It looks like CT has an asphalt roof shingle recycling program, but they probably don't want asbestos shingles getting mixed into that.

I got a chance to ride through an open gate which was an entrance to the new park and they've already started sectioning off walkways and laying down pavement and are in the beautification process now.

Panels can be lifted up by hand, the ridge caps aren't actually ridge caps but someone bent metal pieces to DIY a ridge cap, the roof isn't vented, and no underlayment between the asphalt shingles and metal roof. 

The road is getting pave with asphalt and the house is on a well.