Hello, bumping this thread to the top.

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

I'm happy to help in any way that I can. 

@Robel Nessro We've worked with many service men and women using this strategy.

I'd be happy to connect and see if there's any way I can help!

@Matt McCurdy We have lots of clients that utilize this strategy.

Networking with local investors, joining Chicago real estate meetups, and connecting with experienced agents can help you find the right deals.Good luck!

My thoughts on this platform are that it's another money grab.

I'd recommend looking at costs. your build cost is going to be well over other homes because of the fixed costs like slab, Hvac, roof, etc. check the market drivers and weight the benefits of short term versus long term. long term is no furniture and help pays mortgage but at this size it doesn't really cover everything. we didn't find a lot of economies of scale in single family detached. can you build more than one unit?

This is a good question.I found that meetups are kind of like you described not much really happens there and for sure REIAs and their monthly meeting kind of the same people talking about the same thing then bring in ( at least what i have seen with the PDX reia) folks that are presenting on things that worked decades ago.. and want to sell their stuff for a few grand.For me personally the best networking hands down was SF Bay Area events  San Jose Reiaand LA  FIBI events.folks in those markets are very real estate centric and generally more experienced and in San Jose so many tech folks that have done really really well.. maybe not in RE but have done great in TECH and have quite a bit of bandwidth for investments..