But, a nicely designed and painted house with well thought-out accent walls, etc may subconsciously contribute to my higher classifying in quality and condition, which may somewhat influence value, but not necessarily significantly.Good luck!

In other words, even with a better rate of return, starting later can influence when you achieve the same end result.

And there's a ton of social media influencers pushing this fake narrative - rented cars, houses, jet interiors to take pictures/videos etc - some of them are pretty good at making it look real.

The influencers "making millions from wholesaling" teach you the same steps everyone else teaches you. 

I was informed they don't speak to borrows ( not a red flag yet), just thought maybe they didn't speak to me because they didn't want me to influence the  appraisal value of the property.  

I'm personally looking at the 2-4 space right now as I think there should be good opportunity there to make the numbers work in high-value markets I saw a couple of influencers that made a pretty good case for 2- 4plex thats why I was torn.

Someone smart enough with enough influence to get the family to sell.

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Im suspicious of any Guru or Social media influencer.

That will influence your how much you get in funds for buying the land and for construction, as well as how much you need to put down for closing costs.If you don't have the experience you could partner up with someone with experience whose also got cash to help you with this deal.