Here are the ground rules for this contractor.1.

I'm debating on growing my own business from the ground up or potentially starting a franchise.   

I can barely get firms to look at columbus with 10x years of experience thats mostly for ground up. the average house cost is still less than 100k which means you have a lot of houses to tear down still to create a housing shortage. the economics don't make it favorable for any type of investing but turn key or maybe ground up in the urban core which works in any city. but compare any of these cities, I'll take Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, and columbus and Milwaukee and pass on the rest. 

(probably not-they've got the 'high-ground')But like my dad used to say: "Ya don't know how far a frog will jump, 'till ya pock it!"

At this time my daughter was given 6 months to live she passed away Sept 6 and I broke ground Dec 26 on her BDAY , this is the reason I want to sell I can't do it anymore, I was approved for a 3rd wing and 15 more beds but I'll let the new owner add them.

You really really have to have boots on the ground that are familiar with the area and that tenant pool.

First small multis and then ground up single family homes. 

Quote from @Yocheved Beer: Hi all,I have found a house in Lehigh acres Florida for a purchase price e .75 of of the appraised  value and it is for sure a 1 dscr. can I immediately buy this for  0 Dollars down only way is through ground up construction and refinance out with dscr. total return of capital and asset ownership. that's the only structure I've seen in Columbus Ohio or florida 

Some are free, some are paid entrance.Are you thinking of buying when you hit the ground here, or leasing?

I am painting an ugly picture for a reason, if you are not in it for the right reasons, you will probably get ground down quickly.