When talking with them ask them the type of parcels they are looking for and what sort of characteristics they need such as size, location, soil types, topography.   

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-Site work: typically $10K is a good number to start with, which includes preparing the building pad, connecting utilities, plus a small amount of landscape and concrete work.Other costs (not typically required): Additional structural engineering, Civil engineering, Soils engineeringAlso, the cost would be around $75K for a standard garage conversion project of about 400 sqft....$8-10K for plans/design/engineering, $3-5K permits/fees, rest construction costs.

Makes sense when thinking about it- the US offers that as an incentive for investing on US soil, I don't think the govt wants to actively encourage foreign investment by giving us a domestic benefit.

Junky furniture, soiled carpets.

Unfortunately, it seems that I may need to replace all the carpets upstairs since it has black lines on the edges due to soil filtration (previous owners didn't clean their air filters often).I'm feeling very optimistic right now, but have spent a whole week just trying to decide on a good value LVP so I can replace the 1st floor...

You can have two houses that are identical according to the data on paper/ virtually, but millions of dollars apart in value for infinite reasons that you just can't know without being there (level of finishes, condition, smell, same builder or different, how the property will show to potential buyers, micro-location (same sub-division or different one across the street, one has awesome views while the other doesn't, one could be on a lake while the other isn't, one could be next to gas station or on a busy street, near train tracks, a smelly factory, backing to commercial or high density multifamily, one could have settling issues with the foundation because of expansive soils while the other doesn't etc. etc. etc.).

The contractor filled it back up with dirt but notified me we cannot re - asphalt that part of the driveway till the weather gets better and the soil settles.Tenant told me that the dirt was settling down a bit creating a slight ditch .I asked for pictures and but they never sent .Then two days later at midnight their car got stuck in the ditch and now they are saying they are going to be  late on rent since car cost $750 to get towed out . 

A buddy of mine in the group has had one for over 100 days so it can vary) With buy price, soil evaluation and having an improvement permit done for the buyer, I was all in at a little under $14k.

Energy is a huge industry in Texas but the states economy has diversified significantly since the 80's oil bust. 2.