- your market has produced one of the best residential returns in the nation for this century

Nationally, costs for home repair and remodeling rose +39.9% between April 2019 and April 2024.

Maybe a couple of the big national brands and a couple of smaller independent ones. 

I am considering taking the CO/national real estate exam + course hours requirement and becoming an independent broker or associating with a small brokerage (I can see the benefit of associating with a firm experienced in the area and able to bounce ideas off of).

I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.

Since foreign nationals can invest freely in US real estate market, I shouldn't have problems. 

Plus, some lenders might want to see 'national' tenants in the commercial space exclusively.

If it can't cover overhead expenses and make a reasonable profit, it might not even be in business long enough to finish your project.The National Association of Home Builders published a report a few years ago that stated that their "best" remodeling contractors averaged something under 4% net profit.

I also see that in many national guru videos about Texas. 

Fix and Flip, DSCR, construction, foreign national, etc.