An Insider's Guide to Estimating Refurb Costs Remotely
About this episode
This episode discusses how to estimate refurbishment costs for properties from a distance and verify quotes from builders or sourcing agents.
#301 When you’re thousands of miles away from your chosen investment patch, and you’re looking for a deal, one of the first things you’re going to have to do is to estimate the cost of bringing the property up to the standard of the value of the most expensive property on the street. But how can you estimate the refurb cost from a video tour or even the photos alone? Or how can you verify that the refurb costs you’ve been given by your builder or a sourcing agent are realistic? They say there...
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