The second house would be ~ 1500K, new construction with a garage.I had a builder give a ballpark of 200K to build.

The estimate provided by the construction firm for the rehab will be approx 3.7million.

I can't say that I have seen anything that will top someone using old carpet out of their own home, but I have seen a lot of cheap work done by people with no construction knowledge.In the shows defense, they don't always film the idiots.

However now we enter the world of new construction.

I've been fortunate enough to marry a man in construction and We have been very lucky to have built ourselves 2 houses to live in.

It is a construction project.

we used to just do residential loans but my eyes and the owners eyes were always looking at bigger and better things.well we started doing international project funding for construction projects such as hotels, casinos, and condo developments (and of course the raw land projects in costa rica everyone seems to love).a few months ago my boss got rid of our residential side and now it is just the two of us.

As you drive through Gary now you will see rehab crews all over the place- New construction in the downtown area- where just earlier this year it sat vacant.

It is all about doing RE deals part time on the weekend as your JOB keeps you from looking much during the week.An alternative is to focus on new construction where you find a project or to focus on deals with a local partner.

After talking with him during the bus ride, I learn he works construction 8 months out of the year and travels for the other 4 months.