The only exceptions I can think of are a lack of experience frustrating your financing process or where the GC has such a well established brand that a buyer will pay a premium for a home built or renovated by that particular contractor.

We remodeled and remarketed it under our brand HomWork.com, as a coworking/coliving property for entrepreneurs and business professionals.

So yet, there are a lot of fresh units just hitting the market this year and new ones that will hit soon adding to the competition. 

If you can get hold of a reliable and honest builder, you will be fine (that does not mean you will not go over budget).Low CapEx, Little Hassle, Quality Tenant, You can manage new construction out of state for the first 5-years, Tenant May Stay longer (because is a brand new house) are few benefits of new construction.You may not be able to get close to the 1% rule though.Goodluck

If you have a good loan officer then you should have a fresh list of needs every time you send something in. 

She is the first tenant in my brand new SFH in Katy Tx that i purchased in Nov 2023.

It ends in a $395M annual loss and entire brand tarnished by political spin.

Were the tenants brand new during the due diligence period? 

Most of the time they are young 20s and fresh out of college and never owned a pierce of real estate.

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