@David B.It's interesting to learn about your real estate investment experiences and your intention to concentrate more on Salt Lake City (SLC) local transactions.

Jacksonville's real estate market has experienced tremendous growth, drawing investors to concentrate their holdings and investments in the city.

Allowing you to concentrate on building and having that realtor / team concentrate on selling your volume of houses you will be building. 

I get your frustration, but look at the bigger picture and concentrate on making this unit the best it can be while looking for unit number 3.

i would concentrate on the first property that's almost ready and get it done and rented so you have some income coming in. as long as you can afford to keep the other one then hold it.

I think I create really good houses (concentrating on the home's systems and use long wearing finishes), then have been screening my own tenants and selling as turn-key.

(Many gentryfyimg parts of DC are well beyond 2006 levels)Higher income areas with concentrations of wealth tend to carry less risk while lower and middle income areas carry more risk for significant drops in property values.

I would concentrate on finding applicants that you know will pass the board.

As to the BRRR thing, that's an old tactic, buy n hold, you're a victim to financial changes along the way, it is not infinite as the gurus claim, you have loan concentrations as you acquire more financing, your available LTVs will drop as inventory increases and hard money doesn't last for the long term.  

It is probably be better to hire a property management company for your rental projects so you can concentrate more on income production and headaches every time your phone rings.