.#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.

The philosophy is that this is a numbers game and that you need as much data as possible and as big a list as possible because this will give you the highest chances of getting deals.

@Tyler Lingle you mean fastest growing behind Columbus, O, right...sorry, man, Columbus rules the Midwest....projected to eclipse Chicago as the largest Midwest city...Columbus eclipsed Indy just before overtaking San Francisco in total population...creeping up on Fort Worth next....data is from esri/ arc gis...happy to send you the reports ;) I know...it's easy to forget Columbus is a Midwest city...we're looking more like Austin at this point.

Cross-reference Airdna data with Rabbu to get a more accurate picture of potential revenue2.

Sale rep said the only product available is "All Data", which includes national and international.

I've seen data that includes roof type, roof cover.. but not roof age.

But I make sure that I have the following in place from contracts: (1) I get the late fees (2) no upcharged on repairs, (3) i get to see the contractors invoice, (4) i get access to all data. 

It took you over 40 hours per year to achieve this. 

That's going to impact the likelyhood of achieving what you're looking for.

But for the number of homes that did get flooded, there were several that didn't - up to you to decide if the glass is half empty or half full.There are ways to mitigate your financial risk - look for properties outside flood zones (keep in mind that Harvey saw flooding in areas that were considered not to be flood zones but I'd argue that these maps become more accurate the more data we get).