And lastly I would try to pay off any debt that’s not working for you soon as you can and early if possible. 730 is respectable but you definitely want to flirt with 800 in this game.

But that’s part of the game when using this strategy.You can post some of you Calculator reports here for others to give you feedback.Good luck.John

I DO understand how these can work moving up into 'Full Fledged REITs' as an 'end game' so to speak.

Also, yes money is nice but for me it’s was much more then that it’s a challenge, it’s a game to fight to the end, it’s competitive and having full control.

on this one we did  on 7 new street with all the requirements there its almost triple to build.. but that one will have all sub zero wolf etc.. this one is just medium grade on appliance packages.WE sold one of our new builds in North Charleston to the family that owns the company that makes the custom counter tops though.. so those are cool and we got good pricing.. 

The real estate game is very new to us, it's complex and exciting, but we couldn't be happier!

Six years ago, I followed my dream job as a video game C++ software engineer to Stockholm, Sweden where I work on AAA games that sell tens of millions of copies.

@Craig PoskusHi Craig, I realize I'm late to the game here, but wanted to share a couple of salient points.1) @Paul Caputo answered accurately and quite in-depth, but I want to add one more item to his.

Real estate is a numbers game.

Hi Bigger Pockets,I'm new to the real estate investing game.