I know I'm not an agent, but I thought I'd give you some labor intensive options.

I'm planning to do an FHA loan on a multi property that needs about $10k of work per unit(Not including contractor labor).

A more pointed question.. if materials are provided and it is a labor quote only, how do we evaluate what is fair and what isn't?

Plan your vacations back to Maine to see family and friends for Aug & Sep (labor day does not signal the end of summah here)Que up Chris Rea "Texas" while you pack the car.

If you haven't spent enough time educating yourself, you may be able to fool average joe you're an expert, but you'll never trick a winner.  

thanks for the advice  @Joe Villeneuve. 

The labor only takes a few minutes as long as your door frame is in good shape.  

Saves you money on materials and labor.

@Joe Villeneuve,  I didn't mean most expensive, I meant that when you make a mistake, you learn from it-- when you feel really bad about it-- you have a stronger sense that it was wrong, and because of that you definitely won't make it again.      

@Joe Splitrock  city of Portland has passed some tough laws.any apartment now over 20 units that is build must have 20% for low income.so all that did is have developers apply and receive 7000  that's SEVEN THOUSAND doors IE permits for developments for 7000 apartment doors that don't include this rule  it was all done Q 4 2016.new law went into effect Q 1 2017  take a guess how many doors are being applied for in the entire quarter.... 175 that's it.. in our region we build about 10 k housing units a year  about 60% SFR rest multi... building new buildings in the city of Portland will come to a trickle and there will be NO subsidized apartment units like the politico's hoped for.PDX also just had another measure that was being voted on this week.I have no dog in the hunt as I am strictly a value add guy and builder.