Third, we decided to purchase the appliances at closing to avoid any risk of stilling, but with that we lost the visual impact.

No critical path visualization and no way to track all of the hard costs associated with a build.”

I personally built & own a 12 unit, 100% occupied (for last 3 years) multi-family , with 10.5 % cap, $115K gross inc, on 3 visually appealing acres, located within 3 minutes of a major military base (yet I have 50% "civilian tenant ratio"-thus my tenant base is diversified), 8 minutes from a recreational lake & tourist destination.  

This can be visualized as the "A" to "B" (seller is A & you're B).

To be honest, especially here in DFW, Bandit Signs are just another form of visual noise.

Especially where I am at in TX, there are so many bandit signs plastered everywhere they are little more than visual noise at this point.

I think that's why I love real estate, it really is a combination between numbers and visual appeal :)   I'm currently looking for a team and/or partner up with, and can do either flips and/or landlording.   

Michael (our son, partner does all the architectural preliminary plans and visualization, so he's ahead of the game!)

And because noise reduction items are not visible and don't provide a visual sell they are ignored.

No critical path visualization and no way to track all of the hard costs associated with a build.”