Will still be cheaper than hiring contractors to do it all.I know I should probably start working with an accountant but I just want to make sure I'm not shooting myself in the foot tax-wise with anything I do in the next month.

. $70 for a 4 foot piece of metal?

Once you're on solid footing, you'll be a star.

I would just like to know what I could do in order to get my foot in the door in the Real Estate Investing Community.

Sitting on a great lots.Purchase price is about 100k comps are around 300k I've found a GC that quoted me $50 a square foot. comes to to 175k for everything. which is very nice, but where's my profit?!

I'm paying between $6-$8 per square foot on bank foreclosure houses.

I am new to the phoenix Arizona area I just came across a deal and i'm wondering if the numbers add up the house has a mortgage on it that the sellers want to be paid off the area where the house is in a decent area they did some work on it they added an extra bedroom so instead of it being a 3br/2th its now a 4br/2th 1,400 sq foot with a lot size over 6000 sq ft the mortgage thats owed is 53k the house needs minimal repairs it really just needs to be updated they want are asking 102k free & clear and they want the mortgage of 53k to be paid off  total asking price including the mortgage price 155k is the total asking price houses in that area have sold for a wide variety of price range is my concern they range selling price is anywhere from 80k all the way up to 210k  properties withing the 1 mile range of the house have sold for 170k to 210k is this a good deal or should i try to go back and renegotiate the deal

As a first approximation I'd probably take records from the largest time frame available, do a linear fit to that and assume the same percentages can apply over the next 20 years.

They only painted a stripe on one wall then moved on to a door and painted a 1 foot area and then just the fronts of some of the kitchen cabinets. 

Taking a lot at price per square foot could give you another metric.