With labor and material, and not counting the identification and obtaining the addresses of owners and matched to properties, I guess about $2.00 per letter. 

Perhaps because they know people will do a simple internet search and see the *****torm that's brewing?

The fire prevention policies were different, more aggressive, so far less imperative reasons to sway away from a then amply supplied and I imagine price adjusted material of shake vs fire resilient material. 

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So seems to me pretty cheap way to get to meet people that are doing the deals and learn at the same time.Bp is nice and fine.. but its just the internet.. you can only learn so much here. at the end of the day real estate is belly to belly you got to go work and meet with who your going to entrust your investment funds with.. or if your going to try a new line of work..

With the fires, labor and materials are going to be in short supply.

.- First Rule: you buy the materials, so they don't need 50% down!

Most material pricing, especially lumbar has come down tremendously from the chart he is using to show the increase.

As others have stated, your fit & finish goals should be guided by whether you plan to:1) Rent: tenants don't always take care of a property, so you want to use lower-grade materials and workmanship.2) Flip: higher quality on workmanship and materials is usually required.Regardless, you always want to "Maintain to the Neighborhood".

I can't even comprehend what a massive fire looks like in a 100mph wind - and the internet seems to think you can just stand there and spry it with water?