Different markets may have varying loan requirements, so adjusting your financing strategy accordingly will be beneficial.

With that said, now is probably too early to see that many lenders have experience or are already adjusted to the new rules.Bring an article from HUD as you are visiting your local FHA lender.

You can adjust it across the country but for the cleaning profession this doesn't adjust up or down much at all.

The standard method appraisers use for determining construction costs (and feasibility) is to use Marshal Valuation Service cost manuals, adjust for the multipliers, add estimated development fees, site costs, sales commissions ect.

It wouldn't make sense to screen someone when I may not even have what they are looking for.As for application fees, you need to study your market and determine what's common and fair, then adjust based on your own business model.

The Iowa side is best due to lower property taxes, business friendly climate and more landlord friendly. 

For example if this is two legal parcels could you maybe do a 'lot line adjustment' to keep the contamination on one parcel and not the other?

I can attribute the good fortune I have to doing things I said I'd do when it was hard, and sticking with financial obligations when walking seemed to make better sense.Having said all this, it is easier to see this in today's climate as a business decision and businesses' primary function is to stay alive.

If they move, you will need to adjust to market rates and this can trash your cash flow.

I'm just getting started in RE investing while in the market to relocate to a warmer climate.