Where are you seeing the past sales info and are you sure it's accurate? 

However, your run-run-of-the-mill GC would have more accurate pricing. 

Once you have practiced it a few times it will become second nature to you and you will be able to do it allot quicker, more efficiently and accurately. 

1-2 hours by train gives you a ton of options, from houses in the suburbs/Bergen County to apartments and multifams in the Hudson County area.You can check out the NJ transit schedules here to see what falls within your commute barrier, or use the google maps public transit option - it tends to be pretty accurate for the rail system, including the PATH.

This gets your arv- after repair value Then you need to learn the skills to accurately pin down how much repairs a house needs to get it to that value. 

The hourly wage numbers quoted in this article for Connecticut are not accurate for the entire state. 

The administrator however, at this point, believes the appraised value is accurate.

Impossible to answer this question accurately when we do not know the monthly take home income of the candidate.

It's hard to tell whether the ARV is accurate because I don't know whether the comps are coming from the same building, similar area, etc.

I've been checking on rental websites for averages for the areas is this is an accurate way to go about it?