Here are some thoughts:1) I would start talking with potential tenants in advance and look at doing the build out to their specs. 2) How long will the micro-brew fad last? 

Since we are building a spec house in San Clemente, CA, within a mile to the beach and Metrolink station, I was curious about the potential it would have as a VR (Vacation Rental) and pulled this off both VRBO and Airbnb for the summer months, and whether it would make sense for an investor.

Over the last few years we've done several rehabs in Austin and are currently working on a spec house. 

I'm a newbie investor haven't done a deal yet but ideally I'd like to focus on fix and flips until I've built a nice capital base and then shift to spec builds as well as rental properties.

It should be noted I went a little overboard with some of the specs and finishes to make the units "condo-conversion" ready if I ever decide to sell. 

It's a great feat of engineering, and Tesla is going about it the right way by building the infrastructure and battery technology to grow their business, but we're a long way off from them having a large marketshare. 

In the mean time I will put up some motion detecting, LED battery operated lights.

I almost built a spec home in Linden Hills earlier this year and have looked at some flip possibilities in Longfellow and NE Mpls.  

Just started linking up with a couple local spec builders and real estate agents and picking their brain.

Obviously, you will be lost without a working knowledge your probate laws concerning sale of real estate.Alternatively, once you know what info you want from each file, you can either train someone to pull the info (custom, to your specs) or perhaps find a local researcher who already pulls much of the same data for other clients (which may include credit companies, heir finders, etc.).More and more jurisdictions are providing online access to cases, however I'm not aware of any (yet) that make data concerning PR's and heirs' addresses available (for privacy reasons, no doubt).I used commercial, professional probate researches on and off for about twenty years and have come to this conclusion: it's never as good as data that you've pulled yourself but it's certainly a better use of my time.Irrespective of the methods or strategies that you employ to pull data, you will also need a way to store and retrieve the info on your end as well know what to say when talking to a personal rep.I called on a yellow letter that I received as a PR (admin) once and the sender was totally unprepared for my call.