All new electrical all new plumbing it was a complete tear down rebuild. 

The house I'm buying off market for $265k would cost $400k to rebuild, not including land. 

Rebuilding the "down" units may not (likely not) be financially feasible.

From rebuilding the world after a hurricane, or building any bridge or road.

I would consider a light rehab, but all the foreclosures I've located seem to be full-blown rebuild projects which as I mentioned is above what time/money I'd like to invest. 

If you're doing a basic cosmetic flip of a median valued house in a strong market, the risks are going to much lower than if you're doing a fire-damaged rebuild of a luxury mansion in a city where values are declining.The higher the risk, the more return the investor is likely to be looking for.

Very simply - if your house burnt down tomorrow how much would it cost to rebuild?

While the estate in probate, the executor can't do much, such as let one of the heirs rebuild the house, to increase the value.Your friend will have to sell his other family members on the idea of more future profits.Be sure to let us know how it goes!

It's usually the most common way for people to get out of rent control in that property where they buy rent controlled, demolish and rebuild a new property that's rent control free?

We call in the mason to re-sure up the foundation wall and then dig cement footers with pylons to help support the backside of the house further.Once this is done we need to rebuild the entire backside wall of the house...since once we got all the debris gone finally there was so much damage to the wood that it could not be salvaged.