@Amir PortalFort Worth (Southside): Affordable entry points with growing rental demand due to development and school proximity.Arlington: A solid mix of price points and strong rental potential, especially near UT Arlington or entertainment districts.Focus on areas with rising population growth, job opportunities, and low vacancy rates.

These are high quality properties that require very little or no deferred maintenance for the Buyers.  

I just wonder about the quality of the new construction itself and the quality of contractors being used.   

Quality over quantity for me. 

Too bad you can't buy something owner-occupied, put 5% down with the best interest rate, live in it for 12 months (and fix it up), rent it out and repeat the cycle.Here's some other info you might find useful:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Some of the materials we choose and asked him to pick up (such as flooring) he replaced with low quality materials, I assume to keep more of our money for himself. 

I enjoy interacting with other investors and helping people do better, not measure the quality of questions.

It's no different than their 2-year, low interest rate teaser houses.

I'll see if I can use some of this because I get almost no Airbnb bookings unless I drop price way low.

Could be a business decision based on keeping long-term high quality tenants rather than risk the costs on turnover.