Overall, the setup and funding process was extremely straight-forward and the customer service was great.  

Being new to this process, it seems a regular referral form won't work.

Jonathan, just to clarify the process: After I get seller under contract t, I then find the end buyer, and the second contract is between the agent and the end buyer.

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.

Screening tenants well and then a security deposit or credit card hold process in place will limit liability.

Land has become very expensive and there is a already huge amount of condo projects in construction or planned, which clearly amounts to massive overbuilding.

My cost to build a 900 sf to 1,200 sf container home is about $90 / sf and that cost comes down in a production environment where materials can be purchased in quantities and the workforce is working on a standard floorplan with multiple units in process simultaneously.

How long would this process take. 

I recently participated in the Howard county tax lien sale and have a property that I can now start the foreclosure process on.

I would look for a bunch of Sub To Deals with 2-3% interest rates ...... then rent out for cash flow and huge equity build up when rates are really low (check out amortization schedules and compare 2-3% vs 6-7% with the same balance and length of time - check out the principal portion each month - the lower the rate the higher amount goes to principal PLUS better cash flow).