I work heavily within the Asheville market and would love to connect with you and learn more about your investments. 

I am heavily looking into the Tampa area as well as the Cocoa Beach area.

Reputation is important (not only in terms of good build quality, because the quality of the houses builders built is heavily depend on the quality of the superintendent they had overseeing the project and the quality of subcontractors they used).

I haven't built my war chest of funds yet to keep in reserve, so those first properties probably aren't going to cash flow heavily (especially since everything is more expensive with the last year or two of inflation).

So in theory, they should focus heavily on them ...

When you get into development, particularly larger developments like major apartment complexes and/or subdivisions, the game is heavily focused on political connections.  

However with MACRS, the earlier years are still more heavily weighted than the later years. 

For us, we only buy a certain type of single-family home rental in DFW, so a very specific gut renovation package, and only in certain areas that have been heavily researched and we also bring a renovation/prop mgmt competitive advantage.

So met him in person and drank a few glass's with him over the years.. he kind of started the reality TV late night TV gig.. 

I have built enough capital to feel comfortable investing heavily and am interested in either a flip, small multi family, or commercial.