Then bump your property up against other houses that are similar to it and that have sold within the last 6 months.I personally like zillow because its easy for me to enter the address of my house and then set the filters I like to use and see sold homes close to it - how much they sold for and when.Here is typically how I filter my results:1) Enter the address of the property2) Set the square footage filters to +/- 150 to 250 square foot.So if its a 1,300 sq ft home, set it to 1100 to 1450. 

You can get a new construction home ranging anywhere from 1,500 to 2,500 heated and cooled square footage for 700 to 1k annually with pretty good coverages.

You must compare the home you are interested in with these recently sold homes that have the same amount of bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, lot size, etc. as your subject home.

If you have an uninsured worker renovate your bathroom and it starts a fire (even for no reason of theirs), your insurance company will NOT cover the damages.Plus the next potential buyer for the home will check the permit records and see that the work was not permitted/licensed (you typically need a License to pull a permit) and there goes about 50% of the value on that square footage.....Generally, a licensed Contractor will deliver a far superior product than a Handyman or unlicensed scab.

Assuming City won't install a meter for each unit, is there an easy method to pass on the cost to the tenant without prorating based on headcount or SQ footage? 

The new house is bigger and worth more so I am walking into equity and more square footage for the price of my current home.I looked at lots of financing back ups uncase the bank calls the loan.  

Setbacks, drainage, add ons, Minimum square footage, etc.Step 7: How Smart are you?

There’s a new startup in Boise providing an online real estate marketplace for investors, buyers and sellers to list or shop for short-term vacation rental properties.Similar to the MLS, Revnest displays detailed information about properties, including the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, square footage, lot size, and year built.Traditional listing sites like Realtor.com and Zillow are sufficient for selling traditional homes, but are not the best option for selling and buying vacation rental properties.

Typically you can calculate this by dividing your rental square footage by total square footage of both sides - and that's your ratio.

And for the footage I can ask the next door neighbor.