While you are spending all of this time creating your Estimate, you may as well use this data to help you create a detailed Scope of Work that can be given to your Contractors.The Rehab Estimating software you choose should have the ability to use your estimate data for generating a detailed Scope of Work that can be given to your contractors#5 Ability to Create Estimate Reports & SOW ReportsWhen you get done with your Estimate you need the ability to share your Estimate or Scope of Work data with your Business Partners, Lenders & Contractors in a printer friendly report.The Rehab Estimating software you choose should be able to use your estimate data to generate Investment Reports, Estimate Reports & Scope of Work Reports in a printable or shareable format#6 Ability to Track Actual Expenses Against Your BudgetA solid rehab estimate is worthless if you don't effectively manage your budget and control costs.Once you get a property under contract it's important to track your actual repair expenses against your initial repair budget to forecast your project's profitability.Without a project budget in-place and a system to track your expenses you will have no idea if you are over or under budget on the project.

Not sure weather it makes sense in your case or not.

The benefit that this can create for you (with a couple downloads to excel) is an ongoing cash flow forecasting tool and a comparison of what you thought your cash flow should be to what it actually was.

This bond breaker is usually in the form of tar paper or a liquid applied weather barrier.

They have followed their business plan and increased rents above their forecast. 

When the weather turns cold in the autumn having the odd mouse find its way indoors is inevitable.

If I remember correctly, it was Weather Wood color.

One really needed to have a good feel for the local market on the ground - Hipster and young professional immigration (regardless of race) into a neighborhood was usually a good forecaster...Question: Are there any other 'very soon to emerge' great Brooklyn, perhaps even Queens,  or other NewYork neighborhoods you think are great areas to invest in NOW? 

The odds are high I would be sued personally weather or not it was in an LLC. 

Plaster: Small and larger jobs, we have a drywall guy but apparently all the plaster contractors have moved to warmer weather or use gold in their mixtures...2.)