I drove to Birmingham today and I saw a lot of vacant and abandoned houses in the east lake area.

For bigger transactional income we have our building projects which I have to PG however even though the risk is always there we have been blessed these last 4 years on these that equates to about 120 homes built and mostly all sold.. then the balance in Notes a few long term.. and JV partner on land deals and flip houses those have zero debt.

I'm a newbie to investing/developing.

As a backup to your idea, look into house hacking. 

They keep their loans in house and do not sell them.

Third, I fell i love with the house when i first saw it and thought the end buyer was gonna fall in love just I had done. 4th and final lesson, be in tune with the area that you're buying!

Bag everything and double bag it before removing it from the bathroom-you don't want anything being tracked through the house.

I'm looking to develop contractor garages, but ideally those would be slab on grade, so I couldn't do that everywhere without a lot of site costs.I'm new to this space, and looking to also get an idea of developing over fill and what that process looks like.

It all goes back to personal development and finding out what is truly holding you back.

@Esmeralda YniguezI sold my last house to a buyer with a VA loan.