No. You take a few photos of the space — one room or several — and run the quote. MRQ reads the structural reality of what's there, not the clutter: it won't tell you to wash the dishes on the counter, it'll tell you it sees standard melamine countertop, single sink, three upper cabinets, and a dishwasher. What comes back is a contractor worksheet, not a finished quote — you add what the camera missed, cut what doesn't apply, and tighten the descriptions. When it's right, you turn it into a client-facing quote that reads in plain English. The estimating knowledge is yours. MRQ just stops you from starting at a blank page.

Both, in that order. MRQ starts you on national average pricing, researched from published remodeling cost guides, so you can quote on day one instead of waiting until your own numbers are loaded. Upload your price sheet and every quote switches to your pricing. The starter numbers are national, not adjusted for your region, which is exactly why your own sheet matters. There's also a call-out card for the work that's in every job but never shows up in the scope — a photo of a kitchen doesn't tell you there's demo behind it, but there always is. You set those once and they land on every quote automatically. The national averages will get you a quote out the door. Your own rates get you a quote you'd stand behind.

No. MRQ uses AI to interpret scope and assemble the line items — not to invent prices. Every number traces back to a rate you control, shown as itemized quantities and unit costs you can see before anything goes to a client. If a line looks wrong, you change it, and it stays changed. And the things a photo can't see — demo, haul-off, protection — come from your call-out card, not from the model's imagination. Nothing reaches a client until you've moved it from worksheet to quote yourself.

Yes. MRQ has role-based access — Owner, Estimator, Reviewer, and Billing — so an estimator can build quotes without seeing your books, and a reviewer can approve without being able to rewrite your rates. You decide who prices work, who approves it, and who sees what it costs you.

No. MRQ gives you a price template — you fill it out with your own numbers and upload it, and that's the fastest way to get running. From there you're never locked in: raise prices, drop them, add line items, retire the ones you stopped offering, set your own markup percentage. And on the worksheet itself you can add items on the fly, because every house and every homeowner is different and a professional adjusts on site. The estimating stays yours. MRQ just gives it somewhere better to live.

$149 a month gets you a single estimator with unlimited quotes, your own rate card, and branded PDFs — and Team and Pro plans add seats as your crew grows. You can run the whole thing for your first 30 days for $49. Billing runs through Stripe, and you can update your card, change plans, or cancel yourself from the customer portal without emailing anyone or sitting through a retention call. If it isn't earning its keep, you shouldn't have to fight to leave.