I am currently building on the coast of NC and my hard costs (including permits and fees) are estimated at $90-$100 per ft.

You obviously don't pull any permits.  :-\- It's really too difficult to say without seeing all the windows.

Has anyone had a permit issued lately in Houston when rehabbing an old house?

Just interested to hear your thoughts on that.As I was reading through this thread, that was my thought as well.Every market is going to be different in terms of what acquisition strategies are working, the types of houses that are prevalent, the types of buyers that are prevalent, the cost of labor and materials, etc.I don't know about you, but it typically takes me a couple months to really learn a market, and it can take me a couple of rehabs before I'm comfortable with the nuances of the houses in a new area, the details of the permitting/inspection process in a particular area and finding/vetting contractors.I couldn't imagine trying to teach a new investor in an area that I'm not familiar with unless I had spent many weeks/months on the ground getting the lay of the land (and I've rehabbed in about a half-dozen different parts of the country).

@Erin Bryant To be clear, there is a difference between your contractor's co. being "qualified" by a different license holder, verify that as mentioned above, as opposed to.....a different licensed contractor simply pulling the permits in their name instead of your contractor's name.

The hangover of 2008 has caused people to recreate their perceived norms of market cycles.

Permit, satellite and house visit confirmed there were pools.Horrible pictures.

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There's labor costs and permit costs etc. that adds to construction.All I know is in Texas, construction costs used to be $45 a sqft in 2009.

I see you have a roof permit, did you do work beyond that?