Do not compound your problems here by "hoping for the best" and getting a piece of paper from her this weekend and assuming all is well.  

Some of the big players in our area are sitting on around hundred a piece with tons of room in the sub division.One of the real big players blew in 5 or 6 roads in a huge sub division poured around 25 basement before winter rates went into play and they are still sitting as open basement to this day.In my area subs have become super greedy and want a fortune. 

I'm curious why MogulMind can't handle your Private/Hard money pieces though.   

It was an $800 mistake I would have had to eat, if my boss would not have given me the bad instructions, and his mark was on the piece I cut!

I have a good friend who is building an investment property on a piece of land in a successful neighborhood.

If it's really the advise you got, it's one of the worst piece of professional advice I've ever seen (and I've seen lots).1.The 16% VAT isn't a tax for Americans.

If you already have a supporting cast in place, then it will be a piece of cake.

In 2016 I bought a piece of property and built a 3/2/1 house and now am doing the VRBO/Airbnb with it and doing quite well:).

I've seen jobs pieced out and also completed by one contractor.

Forget trying to put a 1 piece shower in the space...