It’s always better to overestimate expenses and be pleasantly surprised than to underestimate and get caught off guard.Hope this helps, and good luck with your analysis—sounds like you’re on the right track!

We respond to inquiries, but if someone did the things you suggested to try to track me down instead of following the advertised protocol I would disqualify you as crazy or a potential stalker or just high needs or high maintenance. 

reality is you need capital to start once you get a track record things can change.but its going to be very difficult to find folks that front 100% to you starting out.

Sometimes maybe often times they aren't doing enough to track down the owner or owner's heirs and just collecting checks from the court.

That's not to say all of them, there are definitely a lot of professional and successful residential GCs (take a look at some of the guys commenting above, their track records are impressive).

Ask your agent to check the buyers track record, portfolio if possible and verifying it with the tax assessor and also ask for proof of funds as a bank statement.

After all PITI, utility, and services (lawncare and cleaning) costs I have $7,225.I set aside 25% of this for my maintenance fund.The remainder funds my lifestyle, wife has a Tesla, and quarterly vacations as well as business growth.In 2023 I am tracking to build 4 duplex units designed as room rentals funded in part from a recent land sale.

@Monica Gonzalez owners rarely track Days On Market (DOM) trends and seasonal impacts. 

Quality, experience, knowledge, track record of sponsor2.

2) What percentage is their track record of delivering what they promise to deliver?