I always thought that if a home per se is WORTH 100K, & you put in 25K of work/upgrades, that the home value goes up to 125K (100K worth + 25K repairs). 

@April ZarlingWelcome to BP, there are a lot of SE WI investors out here. 

This might be unique to the wonky bay area, but it's not super uncommon (nor is it common per se) to see developers post things that amount to "if you remove this home from this plot of land, the home is free."

This would not bother me per se.

At the moment I have one house in SE Portland that I am maximizing income on by renting out 4 bedrooms, while I live in the ADU that I built last year (garage conversion into 2 bedroom 750 sq ft small house).

.- Looking for ideally a Software Sales Engineer (SE) position with a Real Estate Software company, if anyone has any thoughts here.- Have been enjoying listening to all the BiggerPockets podcasts this summer.

But until then, they run real nice.On financing, I'm not getting 100% LTV loans per se.

I almost have 1-2 student, though I am not doing student housing per se...

and have a few questions related to calculating deals.I'm in SE Florida (Palm Beach County) so rental activity is pretty high but seems montly rentals on properties are a little low.Q1: Is there a general rule of thumb anyone uses for calculating rehab costs, (paint, carpet, etc, )?

Here is an example:"TRACT 16 OF THE PROPOSED JEWLL ESTATES AND FURTHER SHOWN AS PART OF THE NORTH HALF (N 1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 33 WEST, BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEGINNING AT A POINT 717.02 FEET SOUTH 89 DEGREES 21' 44" WEST OF THE SE CORNER OF SAID N 1/2, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 21' 44" WEST 196.48 FEET; THENCE NORTH 663.32 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 58'41" EAST 196.59 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 688.07 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.