The Masters degree helped me get promoted to LtCol just to fill a square that I had a graduate degree.  

I’m leaning towards “pulling the trigger” on this one, just to get my feet wet.

What is square footage? 

I'm close to signing a short-term lease on an already-furnished place to start getting my feet wet as a renting Airbnb host.

Being able to estimate (or better yet actually determine) square footages, experience in knowing how much it really costs to remove drywall, put in a beam, replace cabinets, run plumbing and electrical; it all comes with walking with contractors/your subs to guess better and better.

@Stewart Wyne well a big question here is per square foot value an accurate measure of value in your market?

I'm currently looking to JV with a partner on a note to get my feet wet.

Here are some details on the property: New England building, 3,000 square feet, built in early 1900s 4-Units: two 3BR/1B, to 1BR/1BAProperty has had recent roof and heater replacement, but has had same tenants and little interior work done in 10 years; Class C property in Class B area Total market rent today of $3300 per month; $4,100 after $80,000 in renovationI assume 10% repair cost before renovations, 5% after renovations Here's my CapEx Calculation (with Cashflow analysis on second tab).

Its often times best to just take a circular saw, set it to the depth of the floor thickness and cut the floor including the subfloor into squares and then remove them.

That type of policy should cover for loss of building materials in the building or within a certain number of feet of the building.