they both have excellent educational materials but I like the realcrowd 101, 201, and 202 power points, they are ~15 pages and explain the basicshttps://www.realcrowd.com/learning-toolsI started investing in deals last Jan, I have no interest in any site except as a customer.  

Cost of land, labor and material is too high.

With this scenario you have to put a time limit so that way they don't say I don't like this place and string you.

I'm interested in using this first property as training wheels for finding and executing a purchase and am looking for something closer to move in ready than raw material for a flip or BRRRR.

I'm going to lie down in bed with some reading material that will put me right to sleep, What Every Real Estate Investor needs to know about Cash Flow and 36 other Key Financial Measures. 

On the other jobs I contract I leave it to the contractor to source their materials. 

Although the benefits are great, their can be a significant amount of lead time which includes negotiations, marketing, permitting and construction which can take up to 36 months or never even materialize.

That said, the quality of this marketing material is insanely low, so it wouldn't be hard to do better than the rest.

I have taken to some design, material selections so they hold up better and last longer between turns.

Even the cost of materials is going to vary between the two locations.