Then I had another one where the buyer brought as is under the impression that legalizing would be easy and found out it was not ever allowed and a portion of the structure had to be demolished because it was built horribly and a hazard as built.  

I don't think rent to retirement can vet a deal any better than anyone else or you, they just have a bit of a system. but the new builds in Lehigh acres, Cape Coral, north port, etc are all garbage. septic systems, poor economics, low rent to purchase price ratios, you are banking on appreciation and buying at market. building direct is going to give you a competitive advantage on a 3 unit let's say worth 600,000 you are going to be 120k ahead than if you bought it through them. that's my analysis. if you are super lazy and too busy to make money and have millions to throw around then I'd recommend not thinking much about investing. but you can also invest in funds and be way omre passive than buying a new build from far away. but if you want to add real value then get involved and make it happen. getting wealthy isn't easy. you work hard for your money and there are build to rent developers like us that try to answer and add value to start buiding relationshipsl

The culture shock hit us immediately, and we struggled at first—it wasn’t easy, but we were committed.Unfortunately, that initial investment didn’t pan out.

It was easy to do on the lot I did it on as it was subdivided in the 1980s and was grandfathered in under the rules for then.

But ask anyone who ever sold a business: it is not easy!!

Its not as easy but once you are up in running you are building a brand, equity in your business, and also constant flow of leads.

You could ask the Contr to use a flexible compound if this happens again, or maybe even now...https://www.dap.com/products-projects/product-categories/pat...Take pictures of every place it occured....it's easy to forget after a couple years....

The benefits of Kissimmee for a newbie is analyzing property potential is very easy - you will have a ton of carbon-copy comps to look at and the online estimators like Airdna can actually be pretty accurate. 

It was easy to scale fast when a down payment was 15-30k on a property that cash flowed several thousand dollars per month.

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