@Nathan FrostThe advantage - some will do 90% and 100% construction but recognize your signing a personal guarantee and will be paying 10-12%+ for interestBenefits of a private lender are speed to close, creativity in cross collateralizing etcThere are a lot of people on BP that think oh private lending is less strict than banks and easier to get.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

Also, if you are renovating as a buy and hold would you automatically go ahead and replace them up front?

Getting up to speed to be all grown up in real estate like you is going to take all the help I can get!

When it comes to a 3.5% fha vs a 5% conventional, I personally prefer the 5% conventional because the PMI automatically drops when you hit 80% LTV.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

You can house hack too while doing this too to really speed up how fast you can scale.Finally, I'd caution you against dipping into the C class neighborhoods.

I especially like number seven. 

Zoned to "sought after" Katy ISD and Seven Lakes High school (one of the top in the state & country, so I am told) in Cinco Ranch. 

Software like Privy or yours (like we discussed a few months ago) can detect if the house is flipped or not, based on the picture or recent data.I think something like Tableau now should have something like automatic prediction when you feed your data to them.