Claude is one of our personal mentors/coaches for strategic selling and creative real estate, and has been instrumental in helping us enhance both our skills and mindset for success, and standing apart from other real estate professionals in our marketplace.

The cost of other (non-new construction) houses in the neighborhood have no relationship to the cost you'll incur to build a new house.Your costs will be based on a lot of factors:- Location- Level/type of finishes- Style of house- Size of house- Whether you GC it yourself or hire a builder- The types of contractors you use- Your negotiating ability- How strategic you are with your designs to keep costs downI've built houses for $60/sf, and I've built similar houses in other locations with different contractors for $90/sf. 

Nothing seemed to be like the descriptions and pictures of the place that I had seen prior to actually visiting the property.From the pictures I had seen, there was some work that needed to be done sure, but it seems like they were strategically taken to make it seem like there was much less work to be done than the reality!

I'm looking to formulate my plan to connect these dots.

To make a long story short, cashed out on a duplex to deal another day.I'm back and I'm thinking more strategically. 

You just have to be strategic.

Innovative thinker, business strategist, passionate about real estate investing, and building strategic partnerships.  

Hello Everybody,My name is Danielle and I'm interested in developing and joining together a real estate investing group to strategically purchase and renovate homes for rental or resale.Great!!

We checked off just about everything on our list of concerns, and formulated action plans for them.

Through all this, I have formulated a plan that I am prepared to put into place: - Strategy: single family, buy and hold rental- Location: Surprise, AZ with a focus on 85379 and 85388 and El Mirage - Financing: conventional (75-80% loan)- Management: Property Management companyHere is where I hope to lean on the support of BiggerPockets once again - I am looking to build the strongest team possible, so that when the right deal hits, we can all benefit!