Staying Flexible in NegotiationsAs agents, licensees are bound by ethical and legal rules that may limit how they negotiate or market deals.

The more rehabs you do the better understanding you will have of the market for contacting work and materials.Doing a rehab every so often prevents you from being sharp with your budget.For those with limited exposure, ask others in the industry and always run your numbers based on being overbudget and overtime. 

The advantage to doing a few lots for a duplex or quad plex at a time would be it’s easier to sell a few in a limited time than 9.

Study the market.

@V.G Jason It is true that a duplex limits your rental pool. 

The fact of the matter is, when you sell or buy a business, you are entering into a business partnership with the person on the other end of the transaction.Yes, the partnership is limited (partial buyouts aside), but what you will be accomplishing during your time together is significant.Due diligence can take months.

Lots of cities have restrictions..Arlington limits to a fairly small area of town, Ft.

Study the market.

PM's will have plenty of contractors to help streamline the process for you and limit your liability when dealing with contractors. 

But, I don’t think that should be a very high bar for you especially if you are already studying and researching this at 18 years old and you don’t plan to buy anything until 2-3 years from now at the earliest.