If you hire a big name brand builder you main have to pay more on overhead (project manager, superintendent, heavy equipment and machines) and their profit versus if you hire a small builder, the overhead could be almost nothing, and lastly, if you are a good investor/customer, you maybe able to get a better deal (a builder is willing to build the house for less profit).

Keep in mind that just because 90% of the people on here use heavy debt, it does not mean you have to.

The more money he raises- the more deal flow he sees (network effect of commercial real estate investing).Saying all that- when you look at crowdfunding sites, like Crowdfund and Fundrise (2 I'm most familiar with)- there are some heavy hitters with deep track records doing deals on these platforms.Most commercial investors/developers don't have the platform Grant has- so they are leveraging these crowdfunding sites to raise capital and from my observation, seem to be doing well.For the record- I have not raised equity using the Crowdfunding route. 

Unless you see some heavy appreciation coming along, which it does not seem that way, why would you rent it out?

Renting to SU students can be a complete nightmare because they can be heavy drinkers and destructive. 

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

An overnight the form and the court costs to the court   They will have the Constable/sheriff serve the tenant and a court date will be set.

Now this is not to say I would go that route if I were you... it's a very heavy lift on a first-time deal.

Three pages sounds too heavy for a rehab of that size...

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.