Gives me hope there's a high ceiling, not Austin-like but enough upwards momentum to keep me happy.

It's certainly much harder now to cash flow while house hacking with high mortgage rates, but not impossible.

@Louisa DavisGenerally, I find meetups are powerful for relative new comers to real estate.  

A good option might be a hard money loan for the front end at high leverage (15, 10, or at most 20% down) and then adding value and pulling out equity via a DSCR cash-out refinances qualified with AirDNA projections. 

Most truly individual private money lenders don't love construction for a number of reasons: - Time horizon on these projects is too long and the project itself highly speculative - Most construction loans are non-dutch, meaning you pay only on what funds are released and PMLs don't like having to earmark additional funds that aren't deployed and aren't earning a monthly interest on

The demand is pretty high for Pocono and we only have unique home rentals to stand out from others.

Labor is not cheap , workers comp for roofers is crazy high , add in dump fees .   

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

If you go through the MLS what you see are a TON of homes with high prices that are not pending sale.  

The Joint Venture spells out responsibilities and how profits will be distributed.