It's color-coded and easy to identify.

This will help you get a better idea of what tile, hardwood, carpet, plumbing fixtures and light fixtures costs for your rehabs.#3 Contact Local Contractors for Labor Pricing / Hire a GC to ConsultCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.Note: Some contractors will be reluctant to share pricing without seeing the property, but tell them you are just looking for a rough budget number you can use on future projects.You can also pay a General Contractor a consulting fee of a couple of hundred dollars (per house) to walkthrough a few properties with you and provide a detailed estimate of prices that you can use as your 'menu for future projects.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

I sleep easy at night because i am not forcing her or trying to influence her on getting on this sailing ship, but what i am doing is showing her that i am not taking this lightly, and i am doing my homework, and that this is a well thought out decision. 

Our Listing: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2704-Brown-Rd-Ferndale-WA...PS: Even light sleuthing will reveal I’m using a screen name on BiggerPockets.

I also painted a lot of very dark walls and replaced light fixtures to brighten the interior up.

I work with many out of state investors and buy/hold or light updates is a great option but trying to do a significant rehab from out of state is not a good idea.

Or if you can fit a headboard, they make some with built in lights, so you don't need night stands.

We live close to the light rail so I guess the City thought people wouldn't have cars.  

Hi Anthony,It will look weird if you try to restyle it yourself.It might be wise to talk to an Architect in the area who does SFH work.That way it's more likely that everything will be styled good to the eye and match.You don't want the 1st and second stories looking like flip flops with a tuxedo, or vice versa.Maybe look into Hardy board, and Blue and white really POPs a lot better than beige (but you have to respect the neighborhood styles and colors too).This house is not the same style, but it is an eye popping blue and white.

I take what he says lightly because he doesn't know a ton about the STR world.