If the other houses in the area are selling at $200/square foot but only 10% sell within a 6 month period of time, then I would argue that the true market value of those houses is not $200/ft.

Start learning how much painting or carpet costs per square foot.

properties are 80 - 100 per square foot more than outside the gates.

Someday I should write a listOf all the deals that I have missed;Bonanzas that were in my grip—I watched them through my fingers slip;The windfalls which I should haveWere lost because I overthoughtI thought of this, I thought of that,I could have sworn I smelled a rat,And while I thought things over twice,Another grabbed them at the price.It seems I always hesitate,Then make up my mind much too late.A very cautious man am IAnd that is why I wait to buy.When tracks rose high on Sixthand Third,The price asked was, I felt absurd;Those apartment blocks—blackWere priced a thirty bucks a-foot!

Bottom line, you have your foot in the door with REI, why not continue that.

Would calculating a square foot price be something worth looking at?

It's cheap enough, but in order to get a signal I'm standing on one foot with my head wrapped in tin foil while holding the receiver out the window of my home office :goofy: I'm trying another provider soon!

Like for myself my plan is to begin wholesaling, when i have enough capital do a few rehabs and eventually get my foot in the door of commercial real estate and renting.

It will have a lot of data on price per square foot of various items.

denny,I have several dozen rentals and I can tell you for certain that I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole.