Prices are heading up and stable, new construction is up over 2009, rents have gone up, commercial is lagging as to value but is stable and new business starts are up.

Then after you do all the renovations, or new specialized construction, the government funding could dry up and you could be left with a specialized building that appeals to only a very small audience.

It seems constructions/rehab loans are almost impossible.

I run the maintenance & construction crew consisting of five guys and my wife does the leasing and new property acquisition.

I have been working for a construction company as a general contractor for about a year, manly insurance claims.

My friends and I (one is an broker, another is an engineer/construction) are starting a real estate investment company.

I really just want at least a basic site so that when I send out notices to all my old construction clients that I'm now happy to help them with real estate, they'll have a site to go to.

Both purchased pre RE collapse as pre-construction with 100% financing (irrelevant)...I see a large disparity with the prices of certain homes Im looking at, and the potential Section 8 Income.

Not from a "I'm thinking about being a spec builder" perspective (believe me, I'm not), but from a "how many markets out there have a median price below the cost of construction".

I am a handy guy, and used to do some exterior construction (fences, irrigation, arbors etc) but nothing interior short of repairing stuff at my house.