There just simply are not enough skilled trades for the volume of work that’s available.

How do you get that volume?   

Your architect will perform a feasibility study to determine the general volume and layout of the building, which will then give you an idea of the size and how much the development might cost.

You can gauge this by transaction volume in the trailing 12-24 months.

sounds romantic, navigating such different systems would give me heartburn.

Theres larger people who can get this done 15% cheaper for whatever reason (volume, stock pile of supplies, etc etc) and the interest on the refi is 2% more.

I'm a low volume high margin guy, retail flips only.

-Door knocking - Sending letters is a high-volume low-return activity.

Land Bank that still give the title companies heartburn (e.g., we just did a refi in Dec 2016 and the lender agreed to limit the title insurance because the title company wouldn't insure the tax sale properties to the full amount).  

It's designed to give you a "one stop shop" for real estate investing, and they offer rates that are better than most investors can get by themselves due to the volume of homes they are doing in each area, each year.