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Jesenia Matias Mastering the art of rehab and estimates
8 February 2022 | 7 replies
This will help you get a better idea of what tile, hardwood, carpet, plumbing fixtures and light fixtures costs for your rehabs.#3 Contact Local Contractors for Labor Pricing / Hire a GC to ConsultCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.Note: Some contractors will be reluctant to share pricing without seeing the property, but tell them you are just looking for a rough budget number you can use on future projects.You can also pay a General Contractor a consulting fee of a couple of hundred dollars (per house) to walkthrough a few properties with you and provide a detailed estimate of prices that you can use as your 'menu for future projects.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.
Sean K. How Do I Know What To Tell Contractors To Do?
12 February 2018 | 11 replies
Bedrooms, fresh paint, do all the comps have light fixtures, ceiling fans, hardwoods, etc?
Peter Turner Does this Grey color LVP look bad next to hardwood floors?
3 May 2018 | 5 replies
There is this grey color by mohawk that I like, but I have hardwood floors in the kitchen and I am not a designer nor do I have any sense of what may be trendy or considered tacky these days lol.
Reynald Jean will my house value increase with new hardwood flooring & fence
6 January 2018 | 3 replies
im plainibg on replacing my old carpets in 3 bedroom, hallway and stairs with new hardwood floor.
Henry Lazerow Chicago - Roscoe Village 4 unit BRRR! Deal Diary
5 October 2018 | 17 replies
The hardwood floors already look amazing in that one picture.
Robert Fornwalt hard wood floors do-it-yourself?
26 October 2017 | 8 replies
I have watched tons of how to videos on installing hardwood floors.
Matthew Paul Removing a dishwasher is easy .....Right ?
25 August 2017 | 15 replies
I get a call from a customer that her hardwood floors are buckling in her kitchen .I go over and the dishwasher is leaking , its 15 years old .
Matthew Wurst Newbie in quakertown, Pennsylvania
1 September 2017 | 19 replies
I'm a 29 year old hardwood flooring sub contractor who was stuck in the rat race far too long and have taken many measures now to exit post haste from the rat race.
Jeff Cua East Bay area Re-carpet
27 July 2021 | 5 replies
If there is hardwood under the current carpet, I'd recommend removing the carpet and sanding and/or polishing the wood. 
Amanda Lee Getting Market rent for an average apartment?
2 January 2018 | 15 replies
Flooring isn't an issue because it's 80% hardwood, The grout in the kitchen and baths could use a scrub though.