$10 to 20 per sq foot unless fancy or high end house

The analytic method and mathematic I uses requires some advance training in data analytic such as multi-linear regression and cluster analysis.I don't know the requirements and training needed to be a mortgage officer or underwriter. 

My recent building was a 3 unit that has one unit that's much too large (3000+ sq foot), but after realizing that same fact (adding sprinklers in a 1860s brick home), we decided against it as the cost was too high, and besides which there was no good way to add fire suppression without destroying the character of the home. 

There are a lot of of nuances to properly evaluating this, but let's simplify it like this.Stocks:- Day 1 - Buy $30k in broad market index funds- Day Z (30 years months later) having reinvested all funds @ 8% RoR = $384,706 MOL (more or less)Real estate- Day 1 - Buy a $150,000 @ 20% down = $30k- Day Z (30 years months later) asset is worth at least $292,400 (a 2.25% appreciation rate)- Along the way you earned cashflow- Along the way you had tax benefits- Less "sequence of returns" risks A linear calculation may lead to a conclusion that real estate is a lower rate of return than the equities market (and it truly may be), but there are aspects to real estate as an investment class that make it quite favorable, especially in a non-tax-advantaged bucket.

For example - last year I bought a 3/2 1600 sq foot complete gut ($50k rehab) for $168k with an ARV of $250k.

There is diverse jobs here which helps keep KC a linear market. 

If you figure the lot is worth $20,000 and new construction cost at $100 per sq. foot would be $260,000, the whole place is only worth around $300,000. 

.- have someone hold your 10-foot ladder.- do not take on more than you can handle.- brushed Nickel & oil rubbed Bronze hardware work fine together.

House hacking seems like the way a lot of people got their foot in the door.

There is a 560 square foot cabin right down the road from me that i walk by everyday with my dogs.