Commercial rents were going for about 10 per sq foot modified gross and have now dropped IF you can find a tenant. 

Granted, there are partnerships but it’s usually more footing or two different skill sets or resources.

This is a 2000+ square foot finished basement fully underground.

no, use rock- $30,000; yes- $200,000; Footings required?

We are doing the masonry work to about 8 foot sections of wall, waiting for the mortar to dry, then installing joists to that section.

Hi all, I have a 4500 sq foot office building that is completely vacant and in need of renovation.

The reason they do this is that most sites like Zillow, Trulia, etc, have an option to sort listings by "$/square foot", and inflating the square footage makes their listings show up first when sorted that way.The county appraiser or assessor will have the tax records that show at least what the house was built with. 

Real estate investors like to leverage up to increase profitability but I'm not looking to create a real estate portfolio now -- sort of want to see how I feel about managing one property for now.John, It's in Brentwood, on a 5,000 sq foot lot. 25 year old house in a 55+ community (don't know if that impacts price).

It is quite possible that the tiles looked great when installed, but had been moving under the weight of foot traffic since that time. 

You can easily spend $200-300 per square foot for residential construction.