Even if it is just a walkaround and not measuring anything; the contractor should be there if you are new to this to give you an estimate.. 

Felt like I was speaking with a virtual assistant backed by AI.He estimated my re-roof would be half the size at double the rate quotes I got from everybody else... truly amateur hour for somebody that claimed to have done hundreds of these.I also was never able to find more than 5 property records tied to his name or to related LLCs.

I currently have $193K equity in my home with an estimated home value of $379K.

A viewer asked about buying an 8-unit property in Memphis, Tennessee, priced at $560,000, with rents estimated at $6,400 a month.

Times change, markets change, interest rates change, but we still hear about these same old "rules" decades after they lost their relevance.The same logic applies for napkin math rules that say that capex, vacancy, repairs, or whatever, should each be estimated at X% of monthly rent. 

I ask because I've interviewed a number of general contractors over the years for my various real estate projects and am shocked at how the vast majority showed up to the job site to give an estimate in a vehicle that did not display their contractor license number or business name.Aside from this one issue, they'd often have great portfolios, long list of successful permits I could verify they pulled, great references, no complaints on their license, and had been licensed for over a decade.

As of right now, the estimated pay out per claim is about $8.

Hey investors, I'm the new Market Intelligence Analyst here at BiggerPockets, and I'm developing a way to predict the future "path of progress" for a given market.

The HVAC and water heater estimated to be 6 to 8 years old by the inspector.

I'm pretty confused as I thought FOR SURE this was a duplex given your estimate of $2,850 monthly cash flow.A duplex wouldn't even achieve that in this area.