If I were wearing John Doe's hat I would be happy to negotiate as long as we put in spending benchmarks to keep the project on budget and time.Disclaimer, this is how the business I am in breaks down C.O.S, I have little experience (yet) in making a living at real estate.just my $.02

Also, I’m working on a limited budget, so is a list with 200 names a good start?

Private clients certainly have budgets, and visions.

The HOA calculates the amount of dues it needs to collect based on its annual budget, after estimating the ongoing operation and maintenance expenses for the common areas.

It's great for costs, budgets and the money management.

We like absentees.You need a good budget to market out there.

YOu can nail down your budget pretty well before you start and have a good Idea were your going to be at financially.

How many leads you visited etc..A lot of people say their budget wont allow more marketing.

I'm guessing a budget of $10,000 should be more than enough for updating and any other little things that are bound to come up.

I've always paid for a weekly pool service to make sure it stayed in decent shape so that's something else to budget for.