I am a project manager on projects ranging from $200k remodels to $8 million ground up homes.

I've recently noticed that, as I'm trying to get my REI business off the ground, I haven't had much experience in calculating rehab costs.

Agent spends all their time with individual and person uses them for information.Buyer agreement sign let's agent know you are serious.Questions I would ask myself: are you totally in with agent / boots on ground personJust my two cents

Definitely worth it if you can bypass the analysis paralysis phase.  

A lender (or potential purchaser down the road) will likely require environmental info if there is not a recent history recorded (phase I, II).

ON the other hand owning real estate related assets can be very beneficial, tax liens, mortgages/ hard money lending, private placements on large commercial properties. commercial ground leases, etc.

Farr,32 the Minnesota Court of Appeals invalidated a purported declaratory cancellation of a residential purchase agreement on the ground that there was no unfulfilled condition so as to permit use of that procedure under Minn.

I am looking for some good books on real estate cycles and how to profit from the different phases.

I'd love to hear more about your project as it moves forward, even if only still in the due diligence phase.  

I am hoping to connect with a broker in Memphis who would be willing to show me some of these properties, neighborhoods, etc, so I can get my boots on the ground with someone who knows the area well.