"The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" talks about how to create a Scope of Work and then create a budget estimate around that Scope of Work.

I cant speak for every company or every program/ or your current situation. if this was a flip or a fix and hold. typically once the scope of work is in and they do the valuation of the deal you will know if it will work or not.  

Does anyone have any examples of how they have their contractor’s clearly label out their scope of work for them?

Help-U-Sell® Real Estate differs from traditional brokers, not in the scope of services provided, but in the dollar amount that you pay for those services.

You're scope is a little bigger than mine with those types of property and wish you much luck!

Right now, I'm working on a scope of work for a flip.

Home owner permits range from $20-$1000ish, depending on the scope of work and total cost of renovations.

Depending on the scope of the vent, you could hire a specific trade to do it versus trying to find a handyman who would be willing to take on such a wide set of tasks. 

.- Demo: After the demo fiasco where we had to take the foundation down completely, we spent an extra $825 to have the existing foundation removed (this wasn't part of the demo company's scope of work).- Staking/Grading: We didn't realize that we'd need to excavate and grade the property as much as we will have to in order to get the correct grade on the foundation.

However, it would have to be extremely limited in scope and duration; Maybe 90 days (no renewal) and only apply to properties the agent/broker introduced, and that were visited.A minimum commission disclosed up front?