every person who builds a house or a commercial building has to do so with 25% equity to get it financed with a bank. there is absolutely value in new construction. the hard part becomes making sure your architect knows how to design a building that can make money. but saying you don't know how to is a little silly it's the same idea as existing but ground up you just study the market and look at land more than you do anything else. you can build a house anywhere but you want to do it in better areas. it's either than or higher density's smaller floorplans, etc 

Myself being a small fish in the pond, I personally can't invest under such conditions. 

The 3rd is beginning her nursing career so her stuff is solid.On a personal note, I had to put myself through college with no help from anyone but always worked hard and paid my way.

$300K should allow you to buy a duplex/2-unit and both doors should be offering a profit even at 15% down.If you are in a situation where you are getting hit with high taxes, high rate, low rents it might be a "Walk away deal".I have to have conversations daily talking people out of buying a particular home because its a bad deal.

I personally have success in doing flips with my partner here in Ohio. 

The conversation began after we commented  on a teacher's  BP forum post  about paused distributions that he was reliant on for medical treatment.

Coming to the end of a project running the numbers and asking myself if keeping or selling is the best way to go on that particular property.Yes, I’ll save the emotions for my personal residence!

The conversation sparked because I'm a licensed Realtor in Dallas Texas.

That being said, I fell out of my chair when I was able to lock an individual investor (personal name) using a 1031 Exchange with about 50% down and 800 credit scores at 6.99%.

It's $250k tax-free for a single person or $500k for a couple.