I think its a great idea, Use your PM to give you a rent range pending what rehab you want to do- ie- sometimes, you can upgrade some materials (labor usually is constant or a small increase) and get a lot more in rent.

I used to work at Lowe's so I remember the cost of several materials & appliances.

I order 500 or so bottles of water with labels promoting whatever business I'm working for at the time, get myself a giant (i do mean giant, 250 quart capacity minimum) ice chest and give them away.

Despite that turn-off, their materials seemed pretty good, and so I ended up purchasing it so my team can use the materials for their marketing campaign, so it was essentially a marketing cost :-)And I agree with doing your research on the speakers.  

get a trailer hitch and a single axle trailer , I have a 5 x 8 that I have gutted 3 houses with and moved all the materials .  

Always looking for more reading material too so the book sugestions help too.

Not looking to pay over $700/mo, splitting down money or work/materials furnished by buyers, would be ideal.

Note however, that while items #1 thru 3 may be quite material to defending a lien, they did not prevent me from creating a compensable lien out of proof that I had paid property tax on someone else’s parcel.I’m in general agreement with your item (4), “In order to create a lien hold position, a suit would need to be filed and judgment entered in favor of me, as creditor.”

Ben promoting a "rule of thumb" ??

He brought his own equipment, bought all the material and was done in a few hours.I needed some re-piping done for a utility sink.