Continuing the conversation from a previous post, have a close estimate of what the real costs of your home would be by researching previous utility bills, for example.

The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by J Scott.

I sent a certified letter within 15 calendar days notice of intention on the deposit with printed copy of estimates for the damages. 

My logic was this - I can pullout an additional $17,783.75 after all fees (estimated) and use it for another deal / payoff other debts / remodel properties or I can keep it in the property where it cannot be accessed without having to pay it back.

I'm analyzing deals and trying to get an accurate estimate of yearly taxes to be paid.

While any licensed, insured, and bonded contractor is allowed to do the work, without 203k education or 203k experience, the contractor won't know the different versions of the 203k, timelines, guidelines, bid/estimate format, payment process, etc. and will be basically winging it.

You'll also get an idea of what rents would be in those markets and can then make an educated guess on whether or not it may reach your preferences, or especially if you try utilizing the 1%-2% rule because if you know the area and can estimate property taxes then you will know if you should spend more time on it.

Obviously websites like Zillow are big users of data to estimate a variety of things. 

For Example, if you estimate that one year's worth of reserves for a property is 15K and you save that much, do you take everything the property makes and move it to something else?

KORE Power, which was founded in 2018, said this would be the first lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility owned by a U.S. company.In addition to the 3,000 would-be KORE Power employees, the company estimated that the new plant would bring an additional 10,000 direct and indirect jobs to the selected region.