What you are essentially doing is reallocating assets within the property that depreciate at faster lives. for example personal property (appliances, furniture, fixtures, carpeting, etc.) depreciates over 5 years, and land improvements (pavement, landscaping, fencing, etc.) over 15 years.

It has calculators for carpet, air conditioning calculator, asphalt volume calculator, Brick calculator, concrete block, concrete steps, crown molding calculator, deck board calculator, drywall calculator, you name it , it has it.

What obstructions (asphalt, curbs, driveways, culverts, etc)?

pound the pavement. 

.#4 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.#5 Build Out Your Database in 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.#6 Practice, Practice, PracticeWalk through distressed fixer-upper properties (or find properties virtually online) and practice creating detailed scopes of work, quantifying repairs and estimating rehab costs for the projects.This will help you get acquainted with common rehab repairs, rehab costs & estimating terminology.#7 Get Your First Rehab Project!

TBD based on topo, concrete vs asphalt, etc.Running utilities is cheaper, maybe $50k for every 100' but do you even know where you're tieing in?

Some will have a minimum number of spaces and pavement requirements in the park.

I got 20 years out of the roof, but the original roof was a pinkish 3-tab asphalt roof and I couldn't come close to matching it as the color was discontinued.

I'll put on my landscape architect cap for a quick reply:Sawcut out & remove the asphalt at the bottom of the steps and in front of the deck, at least 2.5' in front of the deck if you can.Add a piece or two of flagstone or pre-cast rectangular stepstones at the bottom of the steps.

Chris EakerIm constantly pounding the pavement and I am pretty fearless when it comes to asking around about certain properties.