Is my thinking correct that homes in highly appreciated areas won't benefit as much from Cost Seg. 

A cost segregation study was performed on this single family home in Iowa City, Iowa with a depreciable cost basis of $649,900.

During this renovation period would you, as the lender, want an Actual Cash Value or Full Repair Cost policy in place?

Does Hard Money typically cost 30-40% of the purchase price?? 

I’m not from the US and currently live in Europe most of the time.I’ve found some apartments that could work well for my needs—I plan to rent them out on Airbnb and reserve a few nights for myself when I travel there for work.My question is: apart from the purchase price (I’ve seen listings on Zillow averaging around $150k in areas like downtown Dallas, Old East, and Plano), what other costs should I expect—both during the acquisition and in monthly payments?

Agree it is difficult to assess costs when they vary so much by location.Keep in mind that some turnovers are sickenly expensive, and that is just the nature of the business. 

That cost me about $1,000 each time. 

@Kerry Baird Love hearing about others taking advantage of cost segregation studies.

Is this normal cost or high?

During this renovation period would you, as the lender, want an Actual Cash Value or Replacement Cost policy in place?