Hard money, or, if you can find them, construction loans seem more applicable.

Also, keep in mind pre-construction sales vs resales.

I typically use a construction loan to update or remodel for the initial purchase.

Just be sure and define your goals now and then decide how to construct your paperwork as needed.

Buyers willing to commit to purchases before construction are harder to find.

I'm interested in learning more about activities that don't require a license that I can undertake now to move towards my goals.

I was doing rehabs, spec vacation homes, lease options and I originated construction to permanent loans to owners builders for a year right before market in CA crashed.I end up with a few finished rehabs when everything freezed in CA market and I lost a lot.Because of that I started to study short sales and pre foreclosure business.

I'm involved in all facets of real estate, from residential, land and commercial brokerage, to real estate land development, new home construction, the occasional renovation and enjoy real estate investing of all sorts, primarily buy and hold large land tracts.

That's so in line with me too - been working on construction sites since I was 12 and spent a few years as an insurance adjuster so I'm not new to poking around fire damaged buildings....

Although it appears redundant to undertake such a procedure since the buyers will most likely have their own home inspection services before deciding to buy a home.