We estimate about $20-$25K in materials with me doing almost the entirety of the work myself.

An average roof job will be 5-7k in materials alone.

But it comes in closer now to the benchmark, but  I do much of the work myself (so I am mostly just materials there and hiring it out would put us over 10% still). 

I have been taking notes and my skills are I believe increasing because of all of you.The book sugestion is great and I will down load the reading material today to read.Thanks everyone

Is it all fairly standard MLS material e.g. sold price, % of list, DOM for comps or are you looking for investor-style numbers like ARV?  

try door knocking, it's cheap (take plenty of business cards or some kind of printed material with your info on it).

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New to real estate but pouring through reading material and resources like BiggerPockets.

Any suggestions for where to buy appliances and materials for rehabbing in Indianapolis?

Other than Home Depot and Lowes can you recommend places to find reasonable prices for cabinets, flooring, and appliances?