Most fail to paper the contracts, indemnification and additional insured requirements correctly.

You are correct, that this has long been the conventional figure used to estimate cost for buildable sf in NYC. 

correct and at new rates

The remaining lone balance for house a is $117k, correct

mario,  correct on the math.Now for sure you need to rehab it.

I had my husband request membership to see if he can message the admin the correct information in that group.  

So a little over 7 months construction period, a little longer than I liked it to be but it's our first time building a house like this so we took it slow and had to correct some issues along the way.

And if the people you're working with aren't giving you the peace of mind that everything is being done correctly, send me a message and I'll get you taken care of.

Also consider your lifestyle and if you want to be traveling 3 days just to check to see if a water heater is installed correctly and your property manager is looking after your property.

Had my inspections done a month or two ago and they checked about a dozen items per property that had to be corrected and told us the properties were deemed "uninhabitable" until then and no one could stay in them.