Fortunately, I had the cash to renovate and climbing rents made this easier to say yes to.How did you finance this deal?

Fortunately, we bought it at the right time and the house appreciated in value by almost 160K in just 2 years.

I've been fortunate enough to secure a 4-plex in the Midwest from an investor that has excellent figures; cashflow is 12%+ as is.

His name is Dan Fortune.  

I was fortunate to do Homepossible (5% down) on those two but now I'm relegated to FHA and 3.5% down.

The wealthy pay fortunes to shelter their assets into foreign trusts, which is what a fideicomiso is for all intents and purposes.

We feel fortunate on a number of fronts, but we felt nervous about the house appraising properly if we had a buyer using bank financing.The margin on this first build will allow us to pay off the rest of the land and will give us enough equity in the project so that the bank won't require anymore cash invested on our side to finance the other four builds.

Fortunately for you that makes it a lot easier to stand out and do good, consistent business. 

As you pointed out, most general contractors are booked out for months and they charge a fortune.

Fortunately, we were able to get an income-based appraisal for the two refis we did for 6-unit buildings.