Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

I see posts on CA insurance that appear to be ignorant to both the past method used to set insurance prices as well as the approach the current commissioner is advocating.The current policy had insurers set rates based on past losses.  

How come data driven method did not see that construction costs will only rise?

I've done this so many times it is crazy, so speak with experience.Also in small towns trades can be tricky. 

We have trades we use on jobs and know what they will charge which is often considerably less than what Joe Homeowner would pay for the same job . . . the trades know we will be using them again and again. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

It isn't the metric you can talk about on a national scale, but if you keep buying the same product in the same area it is a very easy quick and dirty method to know how you are doing compared to other buys. 

I'm an accountant by trade.

Being a military member house hacking is the easiest way but I’m also open to learning new methods and if at all possible learning from others’ mistakes. 

We want to detail the responsibilities, capital contributions, profit and lost sharing percentages, decision-making process, have dispute resolution methods, and exist strategies.