Lower of cost or market for determining the basis is also the correct way to treat a personal use asset being placed into service for business purposes.

A brand new furnace will, in theory, raise the value of the home by the cost a brand new furnace.

I am working on a few deals in three separate markets where the federal government has selected my client's bid to lease their building and was trying to find my client a lender who would provide 100% Loan to cost for the deal.

Charging and then returning ($1,000 security for example) will cost around $35 for each reservation. 

Has anyone found a more cost-effective alternative that can match CoStar?

Factor in the cost of property insurance and taxes, as these expenses can impact your cash flow.

Only drawdown with all that is the cost and you have many returns to do every year.

Also, the length that the investment is held impacts the settlement cost.

Your equity will be the appraised value minus the cost to build.

I assume you know how to determine reno costs withOUT getting in the prop?