I might just have to go back into the construction business full time.

The second house is under construction, the third went to permitting today and the fourth is in the planning stage.

Depending on your expertise in construction, I would consider taking the contractor bids and adding 20 percent.

The trouble is that 2 of 4 members of the fund also participate in the partnership doing the development so there is a bit of a conflict and I could see how a disgruntled investor would claim things were constructed to somehow circumvent the rules.

Here is another line from an article that was spun and not written by a person:The heal for not usually new home construction though a housing stagnation in ubiquitous is associated directly to consumer confidence, that is directly associated to practice levels, Hogue said.It's crazy that this is even out there associated with someone's name and company...and by default, their reputation!!

She offered me a construction loan to buy and rehab houses.

They all have cash and are looking for rehab & new construction deals.

I co-own a small starting construction development company emphasized in single family residential properties.

In my market, I am buying so far under the cost of construction that the local builders can't compete.

My fun is in rehabbing properties - so far I've only held as rentals but would like to be able to acquire some properties that would make good flips as well.I have a background in construction and my brother is a general contractor - so I get some pretty good deals on vendors and materials (most of his vendors do work for high end home builders as well).For the last 10 years, I've also had my TX RE sales license but have not done too many deals utilizing it.