Does anyone have any architects they would recommend in Philadelphia for new construction multi family projects?

Hi Diane,I’m friends with Jesse Bell who owns Dream Builders Construction in Nashville.

Supposedly lots of subdividable 6.5 Acre w/private dock for 30K...and with a "log home package" for 70K (package includes materials, no construction)...and some other options as well.This is not the first time I see one of these offers.

We got it rented before construction begins with 1 month turnaround.

My name is Marc and I have a background in construction and have rehabbed my current residence.

By the way, since you're young, have no money or experience, and want to get started in RE - let me give you something more constructive that you CAN do: Go work for someone, or even volunteer, in the business.

Please, does anyone here know a builder that constructs new homes duplex or triplex that can be recommended?

I would look at up-and-coming areas, recently, or soon-to-be completed construction projects (road, rail, infrastructure, etc..) that have not been realized in property value yet.. 

I used a FHA loan to get in to a HUD home, lived in it and completed the renovation, leveraged huge equity  to finish a second renovation that was technically a new construction loan, sold the rehab, got a partial lien release combined with a re-finance from the FHA loan, pulled $30k in HELOC, bought another rental, moved, and then rented the original SFR...then on and on...lots of moving parts.It's a lot like feeling your way through a maze where you are at right now, but don't be intimidated.

@Ned Carey - I think that's good advice, and conservative as well, but @Rob Wilcox got into buy-and-hold and apparently has done it successfully- maybe he would do well to diversify into building from the ground up.I've shied away from it for the reasons you mention, but dealing with 100+ units of housing, most of which was built over 100 years ago, occasionally leads me to think wistfully about new construction.