My closing costs were non-negotiable with the seller since I bought new construction, but I would highly recommend upping your offer to talk down the closing costs; use leverage to your advantage since you are young.The funding fee can be complicated and I cannot speak on how it works exactly.

I imagine construction noise doesn't garner tons of points with guests.  

Join off-market Facebook groups and local RE investor FB groups to get more local information about potential off-market properties, and find investor-friendly RE agents who are willing to work with you.I would recommend for a first deal at least to get something closer to home, easier to get back and forth to for your own sanity, ability to check on either construction or tenants, address repair and maintenance issues.

Our company has been offering brand new construction homes there for the past several years.

Every team, PMs, construction teams just rob foreign investors.

They also have some plans on HipCamp or elsewhere on google for how to construct an outhouse/composting toilet, though we haven't gotten into that quite yet. 

A solid 20 years of work on the construction side. 

Maybe you won't find anyone in his community saying they are not getting their value there (at least not out loud) but that's probably because saying anything at all critical there will apparently get you kicked out immediately (guess the community is only "forever" if you keep any constructive criticism to yourself).

I think it's pretty clear it disincentivizes new construction or encourages landlords to find ways around it.However, I do believe we could do better in areas for encouraging new construction with zoning reform and other tax incentives.

I'm a licensed contractor based in Morocco with over 20 years of experience in construction and real estate development.