I will post the before and after pictures, hopefully it can help anyone starting this journey, we are new investing out of state but NOT new to handlining construction project out of state for clients, looking forward to the challenge!!!!

I feel it's a bit unfair and frankly I am not going to charge the tenant anymore than what the place is worth market rate because of its location and he is a great tenant (pays on time, keeps the place clean, communicative etc) I feel like i should even give him a break because he said he couldn't even be home since there was construction all summer due to building maintenance repairs. 

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.