It seems repairs can be estimated on the age of the home, and the square footage.However my question is - How do I decide which materials (based on price, aesthetics) to buy when stores like Home Depot, Lowes have a lot to choose from.Does the contractor pick out a good deal of it, or is it all the investors discretion?

Have you red my mopst?

Excellent workCan you provide more detail information no specific address , pleasesuch as :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~square footagecondition of property ( work need ) aged of propertyphotos , if okay by bigger pockets standardsarvowner occupied ,, non occupied county only - if milwaukee ( northside , southside , etc )Have you created a websiteFYI - good timing for you Reason - you can broadcast at next week local rei meetingRegardless , keep us posted

This is not commercial property but just a really nice home. 3900 square feet.

I worked the system the best I could and renovated the property myself using a 203k and paying a contractor friend a fee to use his companies licence to get through the red tape.

She said I can if the commercial square footage is 25% or less (she said that's a typical rule).

not worth all the red tape

That will raise a red flag.

I just paid a guy $550 to paint a three bedroom 900 square foot ranch.

Here's the numbers: Land cost = 50kBuild cost = $100/foot to build (from contractor who built spec houses for my lawyer) House will be 1450 square feet Comps are in the mid 300's, client's stated if we could do it for 315k, they'd sign a check tomorrow.