it will be very interesting to see how this ends up settling with the trend shifting to more last minute bookings.

There may be some transferable skills and things you can take where you aren't completely starting from scratch in going the trades school route.I think other considerations would be where you are in life financially, educationally, and from a professional development perspective. 

As opposed to building a vacation home for us to use a month or two each year we shifted to putting up rental units that will give us needed Cash Flow.

Happy to talk about how I navitgate the TREC form, from a wholesaler's perspective and also Assignment Agreements, etc.

Cash flow is critical in uncertain or shifting markets to be able to float when things don't move as quickly as you would have liked.

Thanks everyone for there thoughts and the different perspectives. 

Combine that immediate equity with loan amortization over time, and by year 4 you would not only be breaking even but would also have an even stronger equity position building your net worth.Another perspective to consider is the opportunity cost in your rent (step 3 in BRRRR), or in other words how else could you rent the property to increase the 25% CoC ROI to closer to maybe 30%?

It's very cyclical obviously, and Sherwin Williams would have a better pulse than most, so I would not be surprised if it shifts as grey as been de rigueur for a few years now. 

Is there a way to approach this (mostly asking from a legal perspective) other than asking people if they’d be interested in a portion of equity in the deal for their up front capital to get the deal moving.

Conversely, an experienced realtor will help save time by helping you establish price based on recent comparable lease data, which can be challenging if your development is the first to come on line in a given area or if the market is going through a shift.