We do have a soft deal in place with a family member, where they would give us a loan for the down payment in exchange for an equity ownership percentage of the house.

Make sure to find a lender who knows new construction and include the soft costs into the loan.Hope this helps! 

Simply not worth it to us, especially if we're risking our money, private money, bank money, our contractors getting paid, and continuing to have a business if the market takes a turn for the worse.2) Learn your soft costs - this will take a while if you've never done a flip, but there are plenty of ways to determine them and you want to be sure you know as many as possible.  

Transactional Funding and typical "Soft" Proof of Funds Letters can be used with most banks.

If these are condos your going to have a lot of soft costs as you will need to have a legal team draft condo docs and declarations as well as have one hell of an insurance policy since 99% of condo developers get sued (in most cases it’s because the association figures you will settle as it’s cheaper to settle).

Then things went soft for a decade.  

You never have to pick up a hammer or a paint brush, or even know someone that can.

Get a pretty back splash, upgrade the countertop/sink/faucet .... and I'd also change the paint color to a soft grey... it shouldn't cost you more than $1K, and will look gorgeous in pictures!   

Plus land, soft & holding costs.

They will want some specifics in regards to the purchase but they don't need to run your credit to give you a soft quote.