You arent taking into consideration rising lumber and materials costs , contractors are busy and wont get to your job for a month or two .

I can come back in person for only a few weeks out of the year (gotta stay tax exempt), so basically one big trip home each year or so.I've got some good reading material for tonight, and hopefully I can find a few hours of stable connection tomorrow as well. 

I do not possess the creativity when it comes to home design to decide how I want the kitchen or bathroom to look and what materials I want to use.

The doors are about $1,500 and $125 labor and materials per door.

@Nancy Roth,with granite you care about this:-material cost-installer cost-solid cabinets under (also leveled!!!)

Luckily, we operate our own management company and have been compiling an extensive packet of materials to share with investors.

After you've looked at enough houses and priced enough material (seems like we lived at Home Depot for a couple of weeks) you can run these numbers pretty quickly.

She has a ton of stories that help with learning the material.

I know which one of us I would call if I wanted a price or best practice for putting in a new walkway or fixing a retaining wall.That being said, I am not sure how it works where you are licensed but where I am, a seller makes an agreement for a commission to the listing agent (Lets say 6% for S&G's). 

The whole point of attending a local REIA meeting was to avoid the sales pitches about courses/materials that over promise and make real estate seem very easy money making deals!