I never buy a tax lien on a vacant house unless the value of the land exceeds the cost of the tax lien, sub taxes and cost of demolition.

Ideally you want to make sure it's near a major highway so tenants have easy access points to their customer base, especially with the trade type tenants like plumbers, HVAC etc.   

Are you looking for a GC or trying to sub out each trade? 

Also, accounting/ metrics are a BIG DEAL because we have a property management company so we need more features to customize reports and look at accurate revenue data.

I do know that the more complex/custom you make it, the harder it is to maintain.   

Land in michigan is less than in texas , north texas.I will give you examples on cost differences.Material prices are the exact same price if not a little less.texas framing price per sqft $2.00plumbing $9500hvac $9500concrete Labor only $2.00 per sqft  Concrete $180yd 5 sackdrywall $10500Electric $8000Ok here are the michigan prices , better sit down.framing $13.00 sqftplumbing $25,000hvac  $20,000concrete is about the same for materialdrywall $20000electric $25000Both quotes were for a 3/2/2 home with 6/12 roof hipPeople in michigan wonder why houses are so expensive , its because of the sub contractors.The plumber only has about $5000 worth of material to do a whole house but yet there still asking for $25000

I stumbled upon a deal in Billings that I am doing a sub to contract on.

I would make the sub come to my office and talk to the front desk where his / her check was waiting ..

Previously, I dedicated many years to selling custom and semi-custom residential properties for a highly respected and well-known builder in Atlanta.

We get a lot of intel and feedback from our customers across the US.