Reduce labor expenses, you increase disposable incomes, reduce cost of goods, reducing cost of finished material goods, creating a compounding effect of savings that all culminate in a significant reduction in cost of housing production, increasing production capacity, increasing affordability, invigorating economic activity, raising tax revenues via the Walmart method of volume over profit margin..... 

And we quantify the exact opportunity volume and specific demand segment.

We now do 10 times the volume and haven’t met with a borrower in person in 10 years.

I've dabbled in the new construction space here in Chicago and there is A LOT that goes into it...I'd highly suggest spending some 1:1 time networking with some other investors like @Jennie Berger or @Prashanth Mahakali who are both Chicago developersYou make your money with the land purchase and then systems/processes/volume over time in the development game, but it's not easy and competition is high!

To buy in enough volume to support working with investors, you have to bid top dollar to get enough liens. 

Sorry to hear about your troubles but not uncommon.You will find recommendations in the group.As you can imagine, we keep our trusted contractors close to our chest as we give them volume and need them working for us.All the best 🙏

The last time I used subscription services to build lists and / or research properties, was at least 7-10 years ago. Much has changed I'd imagineAt that time- I found several services, like listsource, invaluable. But...

@Alex McGhee -- Below may help you get started:Stage 1: Educate Yourself on the Probate ProcessStep 1: Spend 1 Hour Reading about the Probate Process in Your Stateo If property does not go into a Trust then it goes to the Probate processo Google your state’s probate process and educate yourselfStep 2: Practice Explaining the Process to SomeoneStage 2: Get the Probate ListStep 1: Find Location of Probate Records at the County Courthouse or Town/City HallStep 2: Search for the Probate listings on the Computer, Day Book, or filesStep 3: If your courthouse has a computer system Record Volume and Page Numbers in ExcelStep 4: Pull Volume & Page for more Detailed Information.

The city has regulations, but they are manageable, and Newport Beach attracts a high volume of vacationers.

If we didn't have the service we wouldn't have the volume.