I want this thread to be about wild ideas that can help us all in our search for a steal of a deal.The best I can come up with is writing letters in bright pink envelopes addressed to good properties that arent for sale!

The one or two I've talked to so far do not want to tie themselves down to "cost per square", so it's been hard to get anything more than a wild number of approx $150k for a 1700 to 2000 sq new home built.How could I get a resale figure...I guess, call realtor's in the area and ask going price for houses in that size currently?

I hope you keep at it and become wildly successful. 

Wild statement. 

Also, appraisers usually take both into account (they also look at rebuild cost which is how insurance companies value the property they insure) anyway but lean heavier on the comparable sales data to determine their number.So really the only benefit you would get from an income based appraisal is if whatever you are buying is has wildly higher rents and much lower expenses for some reason.

Am I wildly off in any of my assumptions / missing something?

I have been chasing money from investors for several years now and I have seen some wild stuff.

I've had a wild wide range of quotes and my estimates are on the conservative side since it is a short space to connect to.

For me when a wholesaler brings me a deal I only want 3 things:1-address2-price3- picturesRehab estimates, ARV estimates, and all that other stuff are almost always wildly inaccurate when estimated by wholesalers.  

So an REI group meets the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30 - 8:30 at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Wyoming... be a great place to network.