I'd highly recommend attending some local reia meetings.

, whether there's a high water table that encroaches on any underground utilities or foundations (and does that water table have significant seasonal water level variations), encroachments by roads or other improvements on your property, limitations imposed by easements or rights of way, etc.

I highly recommend LIA (Landinvestor.co).

Much better as a short term acquisition strategy for flips IMO but always a high-risk strategy that should not be practiced by anyone who doesn't have the liquid capital to pay off the loan if needed.

I think you can go as high as 15% but it's cutting into your margins and depends if you are a GC yourself or not. 150k is close to a million or more.

I would highly encourage paying a GC to walk deals out the gate, have them give a scope of work so you can see what items costs.

That’s one of the highest growth forecasts in the country while still maintaining strong rent-to-price ratios.Memphis also has a resilient economy, driven by logistics (FedEx), healthcare, and a high percentage of renters.

Their commercials seem higher quality than the no on prop 33 commercials (who have similar budgets but from much more sources).Hopefully voters educate on this and strike down this proposition for the third time. 

Those remote flips and high cash flow rentals are so tempting on paper, but they rarely go well in reality. 

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.