Just for background, this home was one we lived in for a year (FHA loan) before moving across the country for work.

I enjoy employing people and would like to help people from my wives country the Dominican Republic.

For this reason investors will many times choose one of a couple paths.1.

Even the cheapest labor regions of the country are going to be hard to build for significantly less than $100/ft2 (not including land). 

Thousands of churches to help people that are sufferIng .The sobering fact is if your a 40 year old healthy man making minimum wage In the rIchest country In the world In the best economy sInce the 50‘s then there is obviously some major problems going in their mind and some money management coarse isn’t going to change that .

Seek it, join it, add value somehow and you'll be on a good path in a matter of months. 

I suggest flying over to meet the people you're entrusting with your investment before cutting any checks, as looking someone in the eye (and seeing some of their handiwork) is still one of the best ways to suss out the scammers.Most of our clients are from OOS or even out of country, so we know from experience that it is a doable, viable strategy.

I want to learn what a typical deal looks like (not your crazy homerun deal, or the deal that went side-wise) in other parts of the country. 

Point Breeze, Brewerytown and Greys Ferry were recently said to be some of the best areas to flip in the city and possibly the country.

Cap rates in the 6% range are common all around the country.