Given the labor rates here in SoCal, we usually do the painting on our own projects unless we are too crunched for time and have to sub it out.

I am toying with the idea of becoming an OOS liaison, but am not even close to that yet, still crunching the numbers and trying to get a view of what that might look like.

In other words, if I want to invest in someone else's project or go in as a JV on a project that someone else has already crunched the numbers on, I need to be 100% confident in my comprehension of it.

Crunch the numbers, play with different scenarios, and see what happens.

You have a decent amount of equity to work with, so crunch the numbers, get it inspected (if they will allow it) get estimates and then decide

Get really good at crunching the numbers so you'll know a deal when you see it.

I crunch numbers on deals before I view it to see if it meets my goals financially for 10 years, 15 years, 30 years.

If you have access to better data in the DFW area, I will help you crunch it! 

I started renovating it then ran into a cash crunch.

Comfort level of risk comes into play as well, but has anyone crunched any numbers to determine what's the best path long term?