In my subdivision in Texas I have been building for under $60 per square foot.

Hello, I am looking for an estimated per square foot number I can use for construction on a new home in Roseville/Citrus Heights area.

I have been researching this on the side, and I discovered that "Cost per rentable square foot" is more commonly used In the self-storage evaluation business.

The police could have certainly pulled them up for you and printed them out.

Great advice from @paul_timmins Dedicate a lot of time to study and learn , a little everyday will take you far Read the posts here in BP constantlyListen to the podcasts here in BPTake notes in a particular notebook or other place, this site is huge and at some point you will not remember were you read or hear it, so is good to have important things handyStart looking around your local area, for distressed houses, to have an idea of the market use resources like zillow.com,  realtor.com, home.com, homesnap.com, etc. those are free sites and you will understand the real prices looking at recent sales (less that 3 or 6 months and less than a quarter mile from the house you are studying) take notes in a log, focus in an area you understand, don't look all over the cityDon't fall for the "9,998$ special offer just for you but we need to close in 5 minutes" of the gurus and the after sell "guidances"Print some business cards, Meet people in your local Real Estate Investor associations, don't be shy, try to connect,  try to learn the ropes offering help to somebody, give value to them and probably they will help you and most of all be patient, this takes time

I would say purchasing a property that is closer to turnkey is a great way to get your foot in the door as a real estate investor.

@Timothy Petty  I would check the fine print on your loan.

We print out our rental criteria and hand it to applicants along with the application (paper method).

And from that I must separate who knows what they're talking about and truly passing along useful information and who just likes to see their name and comments in print.

Reality - I printed and stuffed and sealed envelopes for his direct mailing campaigns and some of the addresses were in Canada, and my younger brothers were my "team".