There is no hard and fast method , besides experience . 

So there are many more participants at the novice level who may not understand the risk/reward nature of this type of investment. 

Costs have escalated sharply, water up 25%, electric up 30% and natural gas up 33%, and at one property insurance went up 400%.

But I feel I see some people grow rather rapidly. wasn't sure if they were using some sort of other method to get ahead. 

Its thin and runny so when it dries/cures its naturally flat and level.

I really like how you worded all this Tyler; it's very intentional, methodical, no ego and all learning.

Yes our fund is similar in nature and asset class.

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.I recommend working with an investor-friendly agent who focuses on cold-outreach methods like cold-calling, cold-texting, etc to bring you off-market deals.

Then, with reasonable confidence you can estimate costs.I personally don't love the square foot estimating method for remodeling as I think it is an easy way to lose.

If a man lies about his name, how long he has been in business, and the very nature of his business, what else is he lying about?