Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

A new member shouldn't be up sold the site's products when they are just asking for general advice from the forum; not what books to buy from BP. 

Quote from @Aaron Wolman: I would call the companies (gas/water/electric) to get estimates, or an estimator out there.

Quote from @Sofia De Santos Tavarez: Hello, my husband and I are looking to do our first rehab in a different city than where we live (we live in Austin and looking to buy in El Paso), and are wondering how one determines and writes a scope of work and determine what material to buy for what.

I currently live in WA state and invest out of state for buy and holds.

if you buy a random property in a neighborhood you've never been to and turn it over to people you don't know you'll just lose money.not trying to be negative, trying to protect you and your hard earned cash.

However, your investment in the house, officially called tax basis, did not go up.

Keep it simple, paint and carpet, buy a good house in a quality area.

I pinged Henry on the side to hopefully connect.Do you know of more properties that meet my buy box (1 hour outside of Dallas, cash flow year 1, <$500k)? 

What you describe sounds a little like a BRRRR (Buy Rehab Rent Refinance Repeat).