A fellow investor told me the best way to get a quick estimate for Reno costs was to look at the 'Permit Value' of comparable renovations. 

The tax on unrecaptured depreciation during the rental period is still payable and can not be excluded.  

Once I'm able to quickly generate a list it should be relatively easy for me to go to my preferred vendor and figure out exactly how much I'm spending in material but also how much I'm spending in each room of the house.

-Determine a financing strategy-Set my budget-Determine 3 key target markets to focus onSpecific questions I need to get solid answers for:- What is an optimal financing strategy to get me to 10 units in the shortest period of time? 

Also look for lenders that will refinance your private/hard money deals without a seasoning period.

Larger amount with a longer holding period then I’d lean conventional mortgage. 

I know that she is looking to sell quickly and easily so that she can move into an already purchased downsize property. 

I browsed quickly and It seem that the taxes abide by that state that the LLC is registered but not 100% sure. 

We will only be starting with about 20k-30k and we had originally planned to start flipping houses to build capital quickly, then build our rental portfolio to create stable passive income, and then build other tiers. 

You can find both with a quick google search.