Ask for a line-item breakdown covering demolition, kitchen upgrades, bathroom remodels, flooring, paint (inside and out), roof/windows, HVAC, and any curb appeal improvements.

The most important part of being there is having the inspectors advise you about the important items that are going to be on the report (Foundation/Structural Issues, Termites, Mold etc.)

Also even if the cost segregation consultant treats something as personal property for purposes of his or her study, if local law treats that item as real property you can still include in the Section 1031 exchange.

He has given me a line item quote that includes phasing, budget for materials, etc.

They both often have nice items for decor for next to nothing.

1 - closing costs both ends, holding costs, make sure to know costs of all POS items / reinspection's / what they could identify on future inspection, rental registration etc.2- As long as you are satisfied with the return I would3- If you can use hard money and use the cash for another deal at the same time or put it somewhere else to grow I'd do that.

One particular item that bothers me the most is in their original pitch deck breakeven analysis, they stated: “We have $5,112,000 of cash reserves in place that are not allocated to anything.

If I need real rehab numbers, I’ll get line-item estimates from 2–3 GCs to qualify for a hard money loan.

I have them sign addendums to the lease that state how to treat areas of the home, ex: kitchen sink, no grease/food items (scrape your plate in the trash) toilet: only the 3 P's, no flushable anything, I even provide them 4 high quality AC filters and have them set a reminder on their phone.I like the phone reminder.

Hi I'm a GC and I use two programs on for bidding which is Joist you can itemize and create individual line items for clients, track expenses and sync to quickbooks (QB accounting software, and Buildertrend which I use for project management, gamut view schedules, payments, and gives access to my clients job progress you can upload photos there everything,  once job has been sold this also syncs to QB.