Helens now to be fair he is quite brilliant at construction owns a HUGE underground construction company that he sold to his employees  and loves these type of off the main stream projects and has put many hours into it.. and not made a dime LOL.. he donated one of the fully built homes to the local collage..

Hi @Jorge Vazquez I agree it was mainly lawsuits, scams and fraud that drove up the rates but how are regular investors and homeowners supposed to absorb these huge increases.

The main drivers that go into pricing are LTV, DSCR ratio, and FICO.

Not super sure of the exact market I'd like to invest in mainly because I've had trouble finding listings on the market.

The guy I’m working with I’m nearly positive has some investments under his belt as well as one of the top agents in the state and I figured he was the main source for that but just double checking. 

For now I am looking in the broader Miami area, since I would preferably house hack a duplex and need to be somewhat close to my main work.As for questions I think the biggest unknown right now for me mostly revolves around the timeline and order of steps.

@Adolphus Fletcher - If you're main goal is to build business credit there are different avenues to do so including: obtaining and unsecured line of credit for the business, applying for a business credit card, applying for business accounts such as Home Depot/Lowes, etc...

However I am also sort of house hacking the main house (upstairs).

I rely mainly on pay stubs.

Some properties also cant be rebuilt so supply is limited while demand increases for a few years.