(high five) I work from home in the Tech industry as a software Product Manager. 

I'm speaking only with my experience in SoCal...but another reason they are expensive is that we were required to use very 'green' products.

There are lenders around the country offering those products.

I saw someone post in a group who I think is a schmuck brag about hitting a specific figure for their training and I just shook my head - like wow - this person is a great sales person and just steals the same lines from the business book about working hard and throwing out some slick slogans - but man oh man - when real estate gets hard people move to being a guru - just look at FB ads right now - many are not funds anymore but how to raise money, how to do X.

I personally think sevier county is one of the best areas in the country to invest in both now (if you pick the right product) and especially long term.

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I'd start by seeing what pieces you already have lined up for building the project. 1.

The other option is a water supply line, but that would typically resulting a steady leak and the damage would occur faster.Really think about what is above that space that could cause the issue.

Just go through them, select the renovated/closely matching ones, and enter them into a model.Here's my fix & flip model, you can see the comps entered and some quick stats below them: Then I use that comp data to adjust the Sale Price in the model to what I estimate it will be (double check the resale $/sf is in-line with the comps), then adjust the purchase price until I hit my desired return level. 

No, banks do not allow a seller held second now a days due to risk and new guide line changes.