If not, you won't get serious interest from the seller and their agent.Note: If you are working with FSBOs this won't probably be an issue - at least in my experience in WA state.HTH!

Hello BiggerPockets community!

Josh here from Atlanta, GA. I have owned my home for 10 years, and I have been a business owner (communications / graphic design firm) for nearly as long.

I am just learni...

I look at what upgrades they offer, square foot and location.

So I'm in the Washington D.C. area and have MLS access through my real estate agent's site, listingbook.com and frankly, I think it's lousy.

They have calculators like a rehabber both 'top down and bottoms up" where they may create a bottoms up calculation like: 30 square roof with decking, insulation, paint, GC fees, new electrical, for a kitchen fire * depreciation, if applicable Or a top-down estimate: If kitchen construction costs in the area are $200, then the may estimate, e.g. $200 per foot and you have 400 ft damaged = 400 x $200 = $80,000 * depreciation if applicable Some states, you get paid the policy limits even if they are higher than the replacement cost.

Jonathan Pliszka the first property is in Logan Square.

There is a house a few down from me that is boarded up and has been for quite some time. It is in a great location, about a block from the Metro, and I have literally seen 10 homes on our short street renovated t...

The last thing I want to do is go off half cocked like a lot of folks do and find out two years from now I'm staring down a bunch of municipal fines (or worse) for not getting everything squared away.

Quick aside: I've been drawn to the Grays Harbor to Clallam area of Washington for years.

if the properties are the same square footage does it matter?