You can take a deep look at the deals and get an idea of the kind of variety you'll see and come up with your own due diligence method (that meets your unique situation).

How come data driven method did not see that construction costs will only rise?

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Firstly, they are significantly more affordable than traditional houses, often reducing the financial burden of homeownership.

@Julie J.My recommendation would be to wait until you can afford a home with traditional financing.

That said, I completely understand your concern about deals looking "too good to be true" when you’re putting in 50% down.To avoid this, it’s best to analyze properties as if you were using more traditional financing (20-25% down).

The problem we are having is much of our current deal flow is below traditional lending terms (<$75K).

As long as you paid a contractor or someone who’s not an employee $600 or more in a tax year, you are required to issue them a Form 1099, regardless of whether you paid them via cash, check, or another method.

In working on construction loan financing, the lender informed me I'll need to unencumber that portion of the property (makes sense) before closing on the construction loan.I understand there to be two methods generally speaking: refinancing my mortgage and removing that portion of the property in the process OR attaining a partial release from the lender to remove that land.I *strongly* want to avoid refinancing as I have an amazing rate, but partial releases seem complex and also require a survey.

Realtors listing is a great way to market it, Facebook is also an underutilized method.