@Mark Fries if they are both on the deed, then he is part owner so I don't think there is any way around him signing off on the deal, minus her getting divorced and dealing with the dead prior to selling.

Your advice about spreading over multiple projects seems like a good play and will definitely lay that into our strategy.

so square footage could potentially be an issue at play.

Once you go a few years out it becomes hard to project as there are too many factors that play into it.

When a room is empty for a night, its a total dead weight loss.

But of course the contractor could play some games with the "discounted rate".I'm hoping others will chime in as I'm sure others have done this.

Don't play with fire.

Thanks for your input, I will play with those figures.

How do you see your time as a PM for a GC playing out in investing-do you want to fix and flip, buy and hold, locally or at a distance?

I think you are playing it smart!