Great tools that get updated regularly. 

It's also always great to catch up with BP regulars I usually only get to see once a year at this conference.As for connections, we're trying to start a construction company and offer services to local managers to do preventative maintenance inspections in order to take advantage of our infrastructure and increase revenue while we aren't buying much. 

Hey @Austin Wolff - You bring up some good points about knowing the house better than anyone when you build new if you are actively involved and onsite regularly, but I'd get behind @Jay Hinrichs, in the sense that the numbers don't always allow you to build new.Here in Chicago, new developments are super pricey, and even the BEST DEVELOPERS HAVE SLIM MARGINS. 

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If you dig in on the south or west side, you should be getting deals that are distressed enough to just use regular hard/bridge/private money that is expensive. 

My regular LOC is charging 7% today without points but it changes daily.

With REPS, if you hit 750 hours and spend more time on real estate than any other job, those paper losses can offset regular income, which could mean huge savings.

I get the rent is substandard but it seems if they just hold on for another 7 months they have a vacant property they can sell to all the regular primary home buyers in the market and get a much better selling price.

Conduct regular inspections?

The intent of FHA was to promote primary residence home ownership not investing portfolio building so they put this rule into place.100 Mile rule basically says that you cannot use rental income offset from a lease agreement on your current house to help you qualify for the next property when using FHA loan to qualify.How do you get around this?