Thank you for your reply that gives me a lot of food for thought!

This puts us somewhere between 18-27mo pending sale.Land Acquisition: 1M + 50K in closing costsHard Costs:Demo: 50KConstruction + Architectural Plans (survey, topography, permitting included) = 1.6M + 80KPool: 100KSoft Costs:Appliance package: 50KFurnishings: 75KLandscaping: 20KAnnual Carrying Costs (utilities/property tax/maintenance): 45KTOTAL: 3,025,000.00 After speaking with two lenders, it seems the best course of action would be to put 20% down on land for 12mo/interest only.

Depending on your amount you may want to consider a debt fund too as its less work and your money is deployed/paying you interest so you do not have to keep finding deal after deal. just some food for thought

As @Ben Day mentioned, there is a shift toward flat/package pricing vs hourly.

sell it yourself, FSBO, hire attorney to help with paperwork, list on FSBO website, they often have fixed fee packages. have one price if buyer has no agent and another price 3% higher if they do have one so they are paying for their  own agent, like in other countries if market is good agent is not of much help, if market really bad agent is not of much help, Also act like every real estate agent does, in every academic residential RE study does with their own properties versus their fiducial clients, and list the property for more and list it for longer than they recommend to their clients. 

I should preface my response with saying that I have never done this but can offer my opinion as food for thought at leastMy question is: What makes a "good" deal and/or how do I know when I've come across a "good" deal?

Do you have a marketing package you could share?

I bought it's unlimited package back in May.

They made the decision to create a new business packaging their resources at a time when they were doing 20-30 a month.  

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