With materials and labor costs still fluctuating, I’ve seen some flippers shifting to smaller projects or leveraging short-term financing to manage multiple deals.Curious — how are you keeping your margins healthy while the market keeps changing?

Examples: $30 fuel surcharges for every visit, receipts from 3-4 different hardware stores when all items could have come from 1, 6+ hours of labor charged on repairs that should take less than 2, going with third party vendors that are over an hour away from the property that charge for drive time, etc.

I’ve been hearing from a lot of investors lately about how renovation costs keep sneaking up — whether it’s materials, labor, or even permit delays.

Costs of labor, material, structural design, etc. 

I imagine most of it is time and labor as the kitschy items cant be that expensive. 

I’ve been talking with a few investors lately who mentioned they’re shifting focus from large rehabs to smaller, quicker flips — especially in markets where holding costs and labor are getting tougher to manage.It seems like more people are choosing cosmetic updates or smaller square footage homes to keep margins healthy and timelines short.Curious if anyone else is noticing this trend in their market:Are you adjusting your project sizes this year?

Understanding if you were doing this yourself with one labor guy, it might be $1k tops.

Hired a general laborer for $30/hour who took advantage of me not being onsite often.

You have started a great list and it covers most of the work needed to get a property rent ready.I have always figured 2 man hours per year for turnover labor on a standard 2-3 bedroom home.

Does the subcontracted labor provide warranties and additional insured certificates?