Purchase price: $289,000 Cash invested: $300,000 Sale price: $700,000 I purchased this 912 square foot ranch style home, after living in the home for two years I demolished the home to foundation and rebuilt modern while incorporating architectural design elements of the area to create a congruent and updated property.

Unit mix is a big deal for reaching a stabilized occupancy, which is why we have architecture and design in-house at our firm.Feel free to reach out if you have more questions.

.#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.

You need to understand the South to understand what's going on here.Mainly, the neighborhoods in transition have Architectural roots.

I use the site for many things including previous architectural and structural engineering work.

Our current home has been featured in Dwell and some other magazines for architecture.

For example: an investor that I was working with wanted to polish up the exterior of one of his properties by redoing the exterior architecture and replacing 12 windows.

.#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.

If we do take a page out of the mobile home book, we'd need to update it as the construction and architecture vary widely different from traditional "mobile homes".

Life has found me returned to San Antonio for the next few years while my girlfriend completes her architecture degree.