Without that, if it appears abandoned, walk through it and video tape what's there.

.#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.

When dealing with an administrative web of red tape, the city employee you are calling has no incentive to help you find a solution.

The repair to the roof is pretty straightforward but it depends on roof materials and condition. the other issue could be water damage to the surrounding sheathing and rafters which could cost more. if it was all good, and just a matter of removing chimney and replacing sheathing and tooting in asphalt shingles, I'd probably do it for 1000 if it was a day project.

Try to get a hold of some old tapes (notes for sale on a spreadsheet) and conduct due diligence on them as if you were actually going to buy.

For us, "project completion" is defined as the date when all work is complete, all inspections passed and permits officially closed, and the final client walk-through is complete and approved (we complete a preliminary walk-through in the last week of the project to blue tape any remaining issues and create a running "punch list" that is shared with our clients so everyone is on the same page).

pretty easy just a peice of paper for pay or quit and some tape,, I'd also mail out a copy You won't be able to move anyone in if you don't follow up and figure out how to take care of this deliquent tenant.. who knows maybe the place is already empty.. ever check ???

But I wouldn't use a sprayer in a rehab, because it would take too much time taping and covering everything so the paint wouldn't ruin everything. 

The kraft paper has a black asphaltic vapor retarder under the kraft paper many people don't realize. 

When reviewing a tape, is the provided address the property location or the borrower's mailing address (I assume it's the property.)?