@Kodie Altvater costs are ultimately a factor of 2 items, if you're efficient: labor+ materials.the goal is to arrive as close as possible to just those 2 factors with as little add-on as possible. add-on being profit, a companies overhead, etc. labor and materials are unavoidable (as well as other stuff like permits)....so how does one arrive at those costs?

I wholesale for the time being although I have done a beautiful rehab.

Make sure you factor that into your numbers. 

One of the beauties of real estate is the passive income you can create by deploying that capital.Another option is to deploy that capital as transactional funding or hard money loans. 

I was absolutely blown away at the thousands upon thousands of colour choices that one has, but was relieved when I finally managed to match my tile colour with a wall and cabnet paint.I am pretty excited to see how this beautiful kitchen island will fit into the overall design, and am really chuffed as to how this has come out.

Amenities are fine to consider but the major factors are going to be bedrooms, baths, square footage, location, and quality of the unit.

Not exactly the proverbial B&B concept but....We knew a couple of guys that had a large beautiful home & did the B&B.

The priced paid on a loan is based on the many factors which can primarily boil down to property, borrower and paperwork.  

Instead of factoring in 10% vacancy and 10% for maintenance and repairs for example, factor in 20% for vacancy and 20% for repairs and another 10% for reserves.

I have 3 houses on a lot in the Los Feliz/SilverLake area that I will be selling soon, and would like to do a 1031 exchange, so timing would be a factor.