Leverage your construction skills for flips, start with smaller projects to minimize risk, and consider house hacking or long-term rentals for a steady income.

With conventional financing becoming more restrictive, real estate investors may turn to hard money loans for acquisitions and rehab projects.

If your project has limited amenities - don’t comp to fully amenitized assets with a pool / fitness center / carport and garage parking / etc. 

I was stuck in analysis paralysis for 10+months and then I read this book and no joke had my next project under contract within 3 weeks.

That's a steal, if you were going through me we'd be at 75-100k for this huge project.

Mechanicals, roofs etc. can be towards the end of their useful life and pass inspection but then the cap ex can't be absorbed in many of these C/D neighborhoods.

Tagged as a developer, surely, you'd want there to be more development projects.

Projected expenses won't be enough.

I am currently in Houston on a project, so maybe I will see you at a meet around here.

Then it's simple, build the home, find crews to do the work (you should already have them basically from the prior step), excavation, concrete, sealing, framing, roof/gutters/siding, windows, insulation drywall, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, finishes, etc. basically in that order.