Lastly, for investors with excellent credit [800+], how do portfolio lenders compare to Hard$Lenders, for purchase+rehab loans, ---e.g. a. pointsb. application or activation feesc.

FACTOR TIME, WHAT YOUR GETTING, THEN COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.ASK WHERE THERE MATERIALS ARE SUPPLIED FROM.

Our RE is quite affordable and our standard of living is very high compared to other first world countries.

Of course that may not make up for a 20% potential increase but you could build in say a 5% increase and that would keep your properties well under comparable ones with much less headaches.

You just have to rehab the house to the quality and finish (or just above) of the other comparable homes in the area.I think it reasonable to try to compare how much we all pay to redo a roof, or paint 2000 square feet of house; but overall dollar totals aren't comparable.

Many will use a title company for construction disbursements and they inspect the progress, you can find out what they charge for construction management and disbursements and compare to what an HML might charge, make sure they don't have gigs fees or scalping off the top.Good luck...

See how his risk and reward tolerances match up to the specific benefits he's described.Then you can start to map a plan to get him to where he wants to go and get to work on it.

I think paint might add a bit, even if you're planning on painting already - because fresh drywall needs more paint compared to already painted drywall.

There is risk/reward for everything.

I don't see any possible scenario where the duplex could bring that much more cash flow compared to the SFR.SFR tends to bring 40-50% more per door when compared to duplexes.