@Daniel K Houck I have 2 kids and a wife and they don’t want to house hack either so I can relate to your post.The BP Money series interviews a bunch of people where Financial Independence is achieved through frugality, REI, and investing.The story is the same there-start young, make sacrifices before kids, rent out your bedroom in your apartment and sleep on a sofa and grow your own food and use K-cups twice and count each piece of toilet paper etc…and by your mid 30s you are free!

Hey James,I know you mentioned Joshua Tree and its surrounding area, but if you ever consider investing in Kansas City I'd love to connect with you!

Proof of concept for the small submarket and providing a middle-class scattered lot built in a growing area.

Thanks everyone  I wouldn't follow the advice on utilities and bringing them in or ever do suburban development for builders. it is too small of a market and niche. there are only 7 builders who build more than 50 houses a year in columbus and only 3 have development arms and all of them do their own development. we do land entitlement for multifamily three story walk ups only, barely any Build to rent or BTR either because it's such a small part of the market.

Why would you ever want to partner with someone who may not have enough funds to be a complete partner with you? 

.- If there's water below the slab that's wicking into the concrete, the area under your new flooring will become moist, without any water ever showing itself above the new flooring - a breeding ground for mold.- If there's water below the slab with a bit of head on it (the water level wants to be above the slab), it will begin to push up on the slab, and may cause it to lift and crack.

This is the worst I have ever seen the mortgage industry, worse than the 2007/8 crash.

But one of my buddies collected $13,000 in late fees last year - so he ain't using my PM ever!  

Especially if you ever decide to sell the property later down the line.

It seems like if a flipper set up and remodeled BRRR deals they could avoid any market ups and downs (Flipper = Buy, Rehab). In BRRR planning you should start from refinancing the monthly rents backwards. I actually k...