In my own limited contractor experience, I always figured my time and materials as accurately as possible and then factored a 10% profit margin on top of that.I would think that any software would have to somehow be locally calibrated, because material and labor cost can vary dramatically from region to region.

How do you figure over 200 per month maintenance?

Then present an offer based on that figure.

How would i figure out what would be a good price to give him for it.And also how would i figure out if i can make money on it by renting it out.

The seller wants a conventional sale.If there are any investors in the VA area that are interested and experienced with rehabs, drop a line.This is what the figures may look like:Offer: $374,000Counter: $345,000Est.

A great little tool.Then once the bureaus figured out the scope of the practice, FICO modified their models, so it no longer has the scoring impact.

$6,000 isn't going to go far so figuring out the best ways to take that 6K and make into 30K is a good place to start.

You need to figure out what will make you happy...what happens if your RE investment goes up in smoke tomorrow, what then?

I'm starting with about 50k so I figured I'd just pay cash out of pocket for all that.

Now some buyers think they have it all figured out and don't care what I think and that's fine.