I do wholesale assignments. I am looking for an Excel sheet to help estimate repairs. Does anyone have one I might use?

Does anyone have a template/document that they use when obtaining an estimated bid for rehab costs on a property from contractors which includes the scope of work required and a breakdown of the rehab costs (labor and...

Hello BP. I took the the plunge again... I just acquired 5 properties in Baltimore and want to talk strategy on how the BP community would approach this project. NOTE: Catch/Caveat I need to get $55K of my cash back i...

Newbie here. Any tips on getting quotes from contractors on rehab? I've sent out photos and scope of work to contractors to get quotes but I get no response back once I send it. I don't have the option of taking every...

How much can I expect to pay for general contractors?

Let's say that prior to making an offer to buy a rehab, I hire contractor A to do an initial walk-through with me and come up with a detailed improvement ...

Anyone here use Xactimate or other similar software for estimating rehab costs?

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I’m working or attempting to work with a contractor who wants $1000 deposit before he’ll give me a breakdown of the renovation. I gave him a list of updates and he quoted me 60-75k. I asked for a breakdown so ...

Hello!I'm still in the phase of saving money and getting my REI education. My goal is to make my first deal on a house hack within a year! While I'm learning, I'd love to start analyzing deals so that I'm ready to pul...

This is the toughest part for me. I haven't (yet) read any books on estimating (looking to get the J Scot ones next).here is what I have seen today in my email.Its more than a 100 years old. It is 2/1, but it has a sm...

Investors, and in particular those that do *not* manage their properties - how do you track your properties? Is there a program or software that allows you to easily observe all the properties in your portfolio, as we...