They know the soft edges of what can and can't be done, and can clear up some questions that reading the ordinances bring up.

I've spoken to a number of conventional hard money lenders in my area who used to rely strictly on value, and now are putting more emphasis on other soft criteria.

You can go buy a Garcia reel and get a custom rod, buy out Bass Pro's bait department and get a 42' Grand Banks trawler and sit at home and study techniques, fishing holes, and run pro forma income and expense projections for months and starve.

if the boards are soft, you should fix it...layering shingles won't fix that....and like j said, that's a bonus when going to sell

All soft and hard cost and resale value at the "new home" level and no rehabbed level.

Inventory is getting soft..

@Douglas Skipworth  you don't have to soft sell it on BP.If you think buying in neighborhoods in Memphis at the 30k price point Is basically suicide for an out of state investor its best to state your thoughts and opinions..

You will be able to:- track soft, hard -  construction loans - approved, withdrew and paid - reinvested interest- property budget vs money spend; sold and purchased- all expenses per property- when tracked every day/week you will know where you stand on each property and your business as a whole- eliminate those excel files where you track $$$Gita

There would be the cost of the land, soft costs for designs and permitting, construction lending and ultimately a for sale product. 

You’ll want to make sure you replace all those daylight light bulbs with soft white (nothing says tacky more than office lighting in a home), open the blinds, and have all the lights turned on when photographing.