Also provides the ability to unload one or all of these in the future if the appreciation in Denver continues to be strong. 

If he's paying for his lumber & supplies and even considering permits & utilities, that's gotta be a no-frills, very minimal build. 

Question any bad experiences with Lumber Liquidators they seem to have good pricing , except the under padding. 

I store lumber at one.

The big box stores do have many contractors that come and go but all the lumber yards with commercial service have nothing but contractors in those designated areas.  

Lumber is up 20%+ in the past month.   

I’m a local real estate investor and the founder of Unload My Home.The house behind me is the first house I ever bought in Bridgeport.

So, my concerns now are 1) lumber costs have come way down since late 2021 so I kinda want a new quote based on current prices and 2) I'm not really confident he knows how to build a house and 3) now that i'm looking at different financing, I'm hearing that investors wouldn't want to work with him because he's never built a house.

Just the cost/delivery delays of lumber is so volatile that it makes it difficult as it's gone up 100% this year.   

These are typically private or hard money lenders, and you will have fees and reserve requirements, if you can even find one that still does this.Owner financing is another option, but seemingly harder and harder in this market, since most sellers have no trouble unloading properties given all of the demand now.While not technically "no money down", but it can be no money to YOU, bringing in capital partners to fund the deals.