I'm a new investor trying assemble a power team Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated!....

You must be delusional if you think a regulated industry would be simple, like learning to push widgets down an assembly line and get paid for just turning a screw and closing a lid on some contraption.

Should I just get a whole fan box assembly and have my guys do the necessary framing and drywall repairs for new?

Assemble a team that includes not only the QI but also your acct for tax planning purposes and you'll find that at the end of your career you've not only used incredible sums of the governments money to finance your own investing interest free but you've also eliminated (not just deferred) most of that tax.

We've assembled a whole page devoted to info on 1031 exchanges.

To: The Greatest Real Estate Investing Community Ever Assembled (Biggerpockets, obviously)Why the heck real estate?

It is almost a certainty that the EPS is not taped to provide you an adequate vapour retarder on the warm side of the wall assembly.  

However, if it's for personal use, and depending on your time line, initially I would stick to markets you know, or interested in and get to know that area and run numbers based on your criteria.Automation is like an assembly line.

As far as I can tell the developer is basically assembling his own private money/Hard money fund, for this project.

I think the biggest risk is with finding the right assemble of contractors.I have had my share of kicking guys off of jobs threatening to keep tools and wasting money by trying to take short cuts.