The laminate is pretty soft (came with the house) and in most of the length it's just a depression and then maybe a 2 foot section is an actual scratch.

The best way to approach is, buy the land, get an approved permit, then face a lender, make sure you have 25% or more equity (free and clear land + soft costs or approved plans plus paid utility taps), by then, you should not have any problem going after that big bad wolf.

with 3.1 to fully develop it puts us at 8.5 plus 500k in soft costs so round that to 9 million so today we found our selves with 3,600,000 of profit on the dirt. 

Not the predatory part, he is soft-hearted and returns the move in fee.

We are actually putting in SOFT WOOD.

Hi All,I’m new to investing and am trying to figure out how to calculate construction and development costs.Say if you find a deal online or while you’re driving and want to pursue the analysis in a bit more depth, how do you benchmark your construction hard and soft costs?

Not sure where they're dreaming up all those numbers, but soft costs, finance costs and holding costs all factor into the equation.

If the trend continues where NODs and subsequently foreclosures will continue to creep up even under the current regime and let's say hypothetically stabilize at 2200 per month (about 50% of what it was prior to AB284) maybe a "soft landing" will just organically happen over time - it'll take a little longer to sort out - but the jarring effects of having another wild supply and price swing would be somewhat averted.

I do not want you to loose money --in first deal and get disappointed - first learn lot of things -- Contracts, assignments, transactional funding, Hard Money, Repair Costs , Soft costs etc-- Marketing Extensively --how ?

If they know they have a soft landlord, your bills will be the last to be paid.