We've talked to a few lenders and since this will be our first ground up construction project, they told us that we need to have someone with ground up build experience to also be loan with us.

-CJ Johnson Life House Design and Construction San Diego, CA 

Throw in a dose of imposter syndrome and fatalism and you have a recipe for some mood swings right before a property is booked again.From a practical point, I would recommend great photos, a clearly defined target to whom you are advertising and understanding the best pricing of an area really well to ake sure you get booked in a timely fashion.From a more meta perspective, be aware that these listings don't typically get booked well in advance (families displaced by flood or fire, traveling nurses who need a new contract ASAP, and construction projects that realize they need a speciality engineer on-site RIGHT NOW don't book ahead). 

When I have done new construction between $500k-$1M in cost the contractor asked for 5% upfront, to be reimbursed at the draw that completes framing, and this was fairly standard in its market. 

Is there new construction in this area?

This might be my favorite color scheme. We call it the “Toph” package.This is for the Buyers who like the "Earthy" vibesThoughts??

It's also always great to catch up with BP regulars I usually only get to see once a year at this conference.As for connections, we're trying to start a construction company and offer services to local managers to do preventative maintenance inspections in order to take advantage of our infrastructure and increase revenue while we aren't buying much. 

The lenders I have historically worked with have not punished my rates/fees for new construction, cash outs, etc.

This applies to house hunters for construction crews (or high-value individuals), insurance claim relocation specialists, and nursing contract placement coordinators. 

When you are the money and they are the work, they can add up their construction costs higher to push more to their side without you knowing.You are really saying you would like to be a lender on someone's project.