Only choose one or two investment strategies to implement and learn as much as you can about them (picking multiple strategies will only lead to analysis paralysis and cause headaches, which will likely lead to no action taken).

I had thought of advertising the properties ahead of time to sell them before construction starts and give people the option to pick a few details on their own just to get the properties sold ahead of time to help with financing.

And since they price match each other, if 1 of them is doing the sale, and you want cabs from the other,  then just take it to the other one and have them price match the sale.Also, HD offers unstained cabinets if you want to pick the stain, or paint them yourself. 

@Doug SmithWhat you are saying is there is a lot of brain picking.  

Part of their offer is you pick up that tab.

@Griffin Hess, even though you feel more confident networking with others regarding the basics of commercial real estate, you seem pretty knowledgeable, so you'll likely pick up on residential real estate investing reasonably quickly. 

This is no different than picking a high risk stock and the stock goes bust..

I told them I would get rid of the termites but they dont get to pick the company. 

So what's the value add aspect, where do you pick up margins?

A lot of time, younger folks who can drive are great gophers (go for) for investors, picking up permits, etc.