We did a walk-through with a contractor who helped us determine the SOW.

What I am having difficulty determining is how much sweat equity a developer should be entitled to.

If you are looking to strictly buy another place, I would probably take the cash out by just putting a loan on it, but if you're looking to pick up some distressed properties, fix them up and put them on a loan(BRRRR strategy), then I think using a HELOC on that existing property would be smart as you can draw and replace the funds essentially as much as you would like to snowball the portfolio.

I am not sure if I fully understand how to pick the right deal.

The chronological order that mtg.s/liens are recorded determine their priority (1st, 2nd, etc)

You would be able to pick the best to keep for yourself and wholesale your excess to other investors. 

I looked into other projects recently built by a developer we would like to recommend and determined they typically complete projects of similar size and type inside of two years.I understand many variables can affect both demolition and construction time, but I am only looking for a general rule I could apply in the absence of reliably sourced data.Thanks for your time!  

Hello everyone,I am interested in learning your best practice to gather leads to then take the details from those leads to use the calculators on this site to determine if it will work for you.

I would also suggest studying the zoning code to determine if the city performs annual inspections. 

I am interested in learning about many different types of real estate strategies as I have not picked a specific Path to focus on yet.