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Jermaine Chad Ingram
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Jay Scott’s book on estimating cost

Jermaine Chad Ingram
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Pierce, FL
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Is there a book on estimating building costs like jay Scott’s book on estimating rehab...

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Joshua Stewart
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Joshua Stewart
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J Scott's diary of a new construction project linked above is gold. Not just for the pricing info he gives but for the insight into the entire process start to finish.

Also as was mentioned above: existing relationships, potential future work and current construction schedules factor a lot into the prices you get back. You can have two GC's bid apples-to-apples and still end up with different prices simply on these factors alone. But the more you can define and specify in your architectural and engineer drawings the more accurate your estimates should be.

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