.#3 Contact Local Contractors for Labor 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.

. $25K is lots of fill dirt and pavement.

Do you want to be the guy hustling & pounding the pavement looking for "deals" or do you want to be money guy who funds them? 

When managed well, industry experts estimate that you should be able to generate a 30% Return on Investment when you have a 90% occupancy rate at your storage facility.No Toilets – Just steel walls and roof, gravel or asphalt driveways, and a steel door.

If the stars align, and the church agrees, I'm gonna build an asphalt parking lot on the land and lease the parking lot to the church for parking. 

Once the lot is plowed, it will typically be more slick than before it was plowed, due to the thin layer of snow/ice left on the asphalt.

I’d like to upgrade from asphalt shingles to a metal roofThanks!

My understanding is that roll composition is cheaper than asphalt shingle but also lasts for a lesser amount of time.

Tenant wants asphalt parking, understandable, on my to-do budget and considered in my purchase price.3.

I know the situation you’re in and you really just have to hit the pavement and look.