There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

Quote from @Brandon Croucier: No need to be paying an upfront fee to a lender.As a lender it is our job to perform or we do not get paid. 

But to put it in perspective I was only making $35,000 a year at my day job. 

By a professional estimate I mean having a contractor bid the work, not just me estimating the jobs. 

I agree that DealCheck (or the BP calculator) does not provide enough tools or functionality to analyze those types of transactions (yet).But I would argue that it does a great job at analyzing more traditional buy & hold SFRs and multi-families, as well as flips and rehab projects. 

The potential liability from having someone do a job they are not licensed to do far outweighs the cost-benefit.

I'm a 30 year old husband and soon-to-be dad in a dead end sales job in Alabama.

I'm an investor here in Columbus OH myself and have seen the city's solid and steady growth with strong economic fundamentals driving the market like major companies moving here (Meta, Intel, Google, Amazon, etc), job growth, and population growth.

As long as you focus on areas with strong job growth and analyze the deal carefully, I think you will be in great shape. 

Credit, jobs, income, age, married, plans for future all this matters.