On the other hand, investors who rely heavily on debt markets tend to respond swiftly to macroeconomic factors like rising interest rates, concentrating on large, management-intensive projects, and adjusting their price targets based on their evolving cost of capital and future cash flow projections.The top end of the market sees a limited number of marketed investment deals, but the sluggish transaction activity is not due to a lack of supply at the lower end.

At the top end of cap rates, deal profiles that lack a sizeable rent growth story and rely on bank or CMBS debt can find yields in the 6% and 7% range.In October, Faropoint purchased two 1970s vintage business parks outside Newark, NJ, from a venture between Camber Real Estate and Advance Realty Partners.

And the answer is always the same :-) There is no way to accurately do this...too many variables and moving parts, plus it varies too much from one locale to another.You need to find a really good General Contractor and pay him to walk the property with you....over and over....until you feel really comfortable estimating yourself, and that should take years.Alternatively there are online calculators (even one here in the tools section) but I would not rely on them for the reasons listed above.

I'm not sure how much this translates to CA, but from what the other posters are saying...there's probably something out there for you.  

I have a great team in SA who I can truly rely on to get things done when needed and I travel down a couple times a year.

Call the number on the letter, if you/your parent has trouble with talking to them due to a language issue ask for a translator.

These are, or should be standards in design and build, that translate to any and all economic markets:1 - Treat the design as the first few times (changes) you will build, and pay for, the house.2 - Treat the design as a system, made up of a series of interacting systems.3 - Understand that design is a series of decisions, with each decision impacting more than just the immediate decision you are making. 

Hi investors,Which data source I can rely on foreclosure data ?

You don't want to rely on a single large employer to the extent that if they close up shop the whole town goes bust.2.

I make no recommendation one way or another regarding them.My take away from this thread is that it is easy to get the wrong impression about a business, a development, or an investment simply by relying on internet information.