I never ask to paint match because it can never be done precisely.  

You can't model the expenses precisely unless you have some super quality tenant on a big, stable project.

In response to your question, it is important to note, as Buffett is fond of saying, that it is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.

I really have no idea.I know this is a difficult question to answer with precision, but I'm just looking for a ballpark idea from anyone who has been through this before. 

Hello Junior Salters, your yellow letters should consist of a short precise message to your potential prospect.

Okay, that helps, thanks...I've been assuming about $200K/sf, and just wanted to make sure that it's not closer to $400/sf...This isn't an investment (which is why precision isn't very important) -- a friend is planning to buy and renovate his personal residence, and he just wants to know about where his costs will be, to the nearest couple hundred thousand dollars...

I would not rely to much on rentometer or zillow for precise numbers.  

It looks like it is a similar model except on a larger scale with precise rehab calculations.

@Scott Le you should trust an good brush and learn to angle in with the brush tips when you want to be precise (ceilings, trim, floor). 

I also have a 5-inch Harbor Freight random-orbit sander that's lasted forever under frankly brutal conditions, perversely, my regular quarter-sheet finish sander is a Makita.A finish sander is a great example of a tool that you simply have to go with the best quality you can get, especially if you're planning on using it at the edge of its maximum limit or capacity, or you've modded it, or you need high-precision results out of it.I'm not good with cordless.