This means they need the next infusion of money to get materials and subs out there, and their subs are always waiting for payments as well.

Thank you, I really appreciate the tips because it's so much information and I just want to be focusing on the right material. 

I have 2 4,500 sq ft indoor pool homes just finished up and because of material selection and sprinkler system the insurance is less than my 3 bed pool home a 1/4 mile away.

AI can help craft some marketing materials and can help you call inbound leads, it can't do cold calling (legally) in the USA.

How do you find and compensate a good designer for overall material choices and color selections? 

This means designing with the size/length of all materials in mind.2 - Don't make design decisions based on what you want, or what you would live in. 

I had a contractor that I had to fire last month for a multitude of reasons (using my materials on his other job, extremely substandard work that has to be redone by someone else now, not paying his subs,  lying about work being completed that was not actually done, etc).

I just went to real estate investing clubs and promoted the property for my first deals.

For example in Texas a finder is limited to a maximum fee of 10% of the net amount received by the beneficiary, thereby eliminating from profitability a significant percentage of deals.This is the same over hyped, over promoted, over promised, under performing opportunity as note broker, house wholesaler, etc.

Once you decide on materials and start construction,,DO NOT work on top of structure, it won’t support the live load of human.