IF you do rehabs, how many HOURS do you OR YOUR CONTRACTOR typically spend at Home Depot, Lowes, your favorite building material supplier, etc etc?

Bastrop is also eyeing a movie production development and has been in rumors for suppliers and manufactures for companies such as Tesla.  

You will have to have staff, turnover, suppliers. 

This is particularly true for tile stores and counter suppliers.

And like many others appliances have very long lead times.. we CANNOT buy Refers at all or washer or dryers our supplier wont sell us any.  

Plastic parts manufacturer Plastikon, another reported Tesla supplier, plans factory in regionNearly 100K sq. ft. leases in Plum Creek Industrial Center just south of AustinDozens of companies are expected to set up shop in the Austin area in the coming months as Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) gets closer to finishing its $1.1 billion facility in eastern Travis County.

- General Contractor’s Sworn Statement reflec/ng all the names of the contractors/sub-contractors and/or material suppliers, contract amounts, all amounts previously paid and zero balances due.

Separately, If you know the wood type, you can get a couple pieces of that wood floor from a wood floor supplier and run some test stains on the scraps.  

@Will BarnardBesides going to Lowes/Home Depot/other suppliers and reading The Book On Estimating Rehab Costs by J Scott, how else would someone learn rehab numbers (specifically labor costs) without burning bridges with realtors and contractors and without specifically taking a job as a residential estimator?

It’s worthwhile to call the suppliers and ask for history on the property you’re interested in until you can get a good assumption on your own.