In the third car in the chain, the driver was driving and a passenger was standing through the sun roof, shooting at the SUV with his hand gun. 

I'm right in the middle of deal with some supply chain issues with work.

Agents with this type of expertise are worth their weight in gold to an investor--especially when the investor is relatively new and inexperienced.

It's $400 more than a comparable granite countertops; sure inflation, supply chain, bla bla, we're not buying it. 

You will need to include: temporary insurance costs, title costs, cost to store materials, how you will skirt around supply chain, portable office/fencing/potties, change order costs, number of months your construction loan runs and do you have a separate permanent take out or roll over -those costs.

Look into which block chains and new technology is being created around real estate to comprehend and possibly invest. 

The mortgage is the gold standard for the lender, since it creates a lien on the property. 

If you can get deals to pencil without pulling any fools gold (high rent growth, low exit cap) you keep making offers.

that is where knowing your agent, and your agent knowing the market and the products that they sell are absolutely gold! 

Still an unstable supply chain and material shortages.