Even if I had construction skills/experience, I personally believe that being involved in the construction side of things is a waste of my time and money.The best and highest use of my time as a business owner is to grow, scale and make my business more efficient.

Obviously, the construction crew who replaced the roof felt that it was strong enough to support their weight, the plywood sheeting and the shingles.

My day job is in selling construction materials, brick, block, stone, landscape, etc. for new construction and remodels.Owned a duplex years ago but being newly married at the time and then kids on the way, sold it due to lack of time and the cash flow was not good enough for property management.

These are all new construction and are attached to each other.

In most cases in such cheap areas it is not even worth getting a house for free.it is a cycle of construction eviction construction violations ect.

Imagine an underwriter suggesting that the borrower sell his motor home in which he was living in until his construction loan was finalized!

I was able to gain valuable experience walking these properties and working with the construction team to estimate cost of rehab and see the entire process through, from rehab to actually packaging the property for sale to investors.

Mind you, me and most of my friends are in the construction industry and a lot of our answers were similar to,"Spend a couple hundred in some tools, buy a cheap (~$500) car/truck and find the nearest job site."

My first was a condo acquisition and then a new construction build, but of which had tenants.

I do have some fairly solid construction/remodeling experience which I hope will help me get started in the business and save me some expense on rehab deals.