What we found was only one other person contracted under $200 per square foot for clients and they also built within the city of columbus. the numbers have a much higher premium the closer you get to downtown. if you can't get the numbers to work my recommendation would be to get closer to downtown. we do build to rent development and single family home development and every line item is broken out. on the triples we have to build exterior staircases etc there are some things you can't really understand unless you build a lot. hope that helps but no one is going to build you for 110 a square foot. the lowest cost homes in our market at cost without a profit barely dip into 140 a square and we are in one of the cheapest construction markets and states in the country. 

Same with areas along N CHS along the rivers - there are major developments going in on both riverbanks.

Hey AJ,I used @Nick Belsky when I did a refinance in Dayton about 3 years ago, he was able to find me a pretty good loan for my circumstance. 

ZCG leverages both my decades of real estate experience and innovative tools we've developed to streamline the investment process.At ZCG, we’ve developed a real estate investment deal funnel that automates lead intake, analysis, and tracking, which has been a game-changer for our deal flow.

REPS hours must be a work activity involving “any real property development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, management, leasing, or brokerage trade or business.” 

Now, I am questioning if it even makes sensse to develop anymore properties.Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

If you are looking to start with development I would check out these resources: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-319https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/why-investors-should-be-f...

R 10 and R 15 are scooped up by developers quickly .

Too many people are sleeping on this.Kentucky Economic Development has many site ready properties in smaller areas that are ripe for rentals. 

I also have a friend who is in development for renewable energy; solar and EV charging stations.