Prepayment penalties- usually 1-5 year terms.

Can’t wait to see the 1200 sqft extra house we are building for one of our workers.  

As easy as this sounds, it's not simple and usually like pulling teeth.

Flipping a brand new home likely wouldn’t bring much profit - especially after having to close twice when you first buy it, and later sell it.Maybe you have millions to spend and I’m just missing the big picture… but when I think of “income” I’m usually thinking “net income” after you factor in expenses, like purchase price or building costs?  

My initial reaction was "hell no".Algorithms are usually poor estimators of actual value.  

Lower property taxes, affordable housing compared to LA (CA buyers are usually cash buyers because what they net from their smaller home in CA can get them a bigger home here, often covered by what they net from their CA sale), allergies (smog), and politics. 

I've done this a few times and it usually results in a monetary payout or the seller kills the next buyers deal. 

These marketers would have the novice investor believe that the narrow focused “education” they provide combined with the “holy grail” formula (wholesaling, subject to, flipping, lease option, discounted note purchase, etc.) is most, if not all, anyone needs to become “independent” and successful, usually by month 12.

Of course this is on the high end of what I have seen in Oregon we can usually get to the same place for 100 to 200k..

Knowing cap-x projected out years is not an "extra credit" kind of information, it's fundamental necessity.