Depending on where I'm doing the project, anywhere from $40/sf to $80/sf for a complete gut.

Whatever else it has done for better or worse, tech is gutting our middle class over time.

Both need total gut rehabs to the studs - crumbling plaster, rusted out plumbing, broken joists, old roof, outdated electric, ready to fail HVAC.

Seems like this could be a relatively hands-off aspect of the business if done right.As for cameras, my first thought is something as simple as Simpli-Safe, but my gut tells me there's more commercial-centric solutions I should be looking at. 

The homeowner began the process of fixing and flipping but only made it to the stage of gutting out the whole house.

This is a Full gut Job

There’s a ton of empty/abandoned buildings in the interior of the city if you don’t mind doing complete gut jobs.

It seems like it needs a full gut, which will invoke the need to comply with current electrical/plumbing code, which is obviously extremely expensive to update.

With two gut rehabs going on that the moment, holding cost, labor, and construction materials are like a black whole you throw checks into. 

Not all "full guts" are the same--we had based our estimates on a similar property but the city made us do more on this property which was the source of a good deal of the budget problem.