That's ok though because one job he did was a famous hotel in Austin that had glass railing falling from about  thirty stories  up onto people on the sidewalk.

Safe, quiet, upscale neighborhood with street lights and has a sidewalk throughout the subdivision.

I have considered a long driveway but then I'd be required to engineer, pave and sidewalk the primary access road that borders a creek for several hundred feet.

No average metric will consider old wiring vs a newly rewired house or weed,m in the crack s in the sidewalk vs every house on the block have well manicured lawns.You are on the right track young man - just keep it up.

(Most sidewalks will have a 2% cross slope for example). 

It is on a well travelled street and there have already been a lot of window peekers as the house is very close to the sidewalk.

. $1000 for it all including haul away would be a steal here in So Cal.California is a whole different ballgame (actually, a whole different sport) when it comes to prices...I just did a sidewalk in Atlanta -- about $140/yard for the concrete and the labor is probably half of what you are seeing. 

Each lots are 1/4 an acre with stubbed out city water/sewer, gas, and high speed cable internet with sidewalks and paved street.

Cost Segregation will allow them to depreciate personal property and assets such as the parking lot, trees, sidewalks, flooring etc over a much quicker time than over the general 39 years MACRS allows.You also need to realize that depreciation WILL be recaptured when the property is sold that is why we often recommend a 1031 exchange to defer the gains and move up to larger properties.

See an older person sweeping the sidewalk?