If so, you should also look into the insurance requirements during construction (both builder risk as well as the GC's policy, but particularly the GC policy).

I was looking into bank stamens loans as well but I'm not sure if that would be the best option for us currently.

We are very much interested in commercial units as well as single family condos. 

Definitely a "citation needed" statistic right there well I noticed she is from Western Australia ( Maybe Perth) and I know there has been a ton of wealth created in OZZIE land through RE  no doubt..

I’m particularly interested in methods that have worked well for you in terms of finding deals that aren’t listed on the MLS.Thanks in advance for your insights and suggestions!

And I copied that idea for the core of my portfolio (although I also invest in alot of passive deals as well, in the satellite portion for a core-satellite approach).

Quote from @Max Ferguson: I'm interested in this as well. 

We use Proper as well.

I think you'll be very happy in the Cleveland / Lorain market as well and I always tons of demand for rentals whenever I list a property in Euclid so that's a great area to target as well! 

Just used it as well!