Purchase price: $110,000 Cash invested: $75,000 Sale price: $275,000 Took the existing 3 bedroom 2 bath house to a 4 bedroom 2 bath house by finishing the basement, updating the kitchen and bathrooms, installing AC, replacing roof etc.

This will help you get a better idea of what tile, hardwood, carpet, plumbing fixtures and light fixtures costs for your rehabs.#3 Contact Local Contractors for Labor Pricing / Hire a GC to ConsultCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.Note: Some contractors will be reluctant to share pricing without seeing the property, but tell them you are just looking for a rough budget number you can use on future projects.You can also pay a General Contractor a consulting fee of a couple of hundred dollars (per house) to walkthrough a few properties with you and provide a detailed estimate of prices that you can use as your 'menu for future projects.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

Essentially, they teach you to have a mix of installment and revolving credit (i.e. a loan that has an end date vs one that stays open indefinitely) and to keep balances active, but low.

By law the land installment contract itself is supposed to be recorded in the Land Records within 15 days of execution.

Hello biggerpockets community im planing change my kitchen in the current condo where Im living(future renting) may I know cheaper options to find a good prices for kitchen including instalation?

I tried to rezone it so I could install separate electrical and water meters but zoning refused.

There is an upper level tub by a window which he would demo and remove and install a walk-in shower in its place using stone textured tile which I purchased. 

Sealing limestone from the inside can create more issues down the road because the limestone leaks naturally and water will become trapped between the limestone and whatever you put on it and the sealant will start to fall off or leak.It's better to tackle the water issue from the outside: Sealing the walls from the outside (lots of digging), making sure water drains away from the house when it rains, proper gutter systems that lead the rain water away from the flower beds.Sometimes you also have to install a sump system.

Maybe have him take on some of the scope of work in the rental while paying subs to do the tedious tasks (Painting, tiling, flooring, etc.).

I will also be looking to install it myself, as the quotes i've got so far are way out of my budget.