Estimating cost for streets and utilities is just a piece of the puzzle, and likely easier, although more expensive.

However, it's puzzling in the context of all the other tax-advantaged options that provide a parallel "foundation for real estate investing" offers, which is, ultimately, the stated purpose/title of this entire thread. 

There's so many pieces to the puzzle.

The most important part of the puzzle is contractors.

Hello everyone, I would like to ask you for advice about this puzzling situation.

Yes, that is my biggest concern is the very poor cash flow - but with the area I'm in, I see appreciation being a large piece of the puzzle.

I thought this was a lot of money until another of the companies told me they charged $10,000 for their instructional/mentorship program.I guess it’s a deliberate decision to give us for free almost…almost…all the information we need…but not the last piece of the puzzle.

That's where bad experience/nightmare come in.Lastly, to answer your question, to build a basically designed, square/rectangular house without crazy jigsaw puzzled cuts on roof, the following price is a good competitive construction only price for what you need to do:Around $165 per sq ft on conditioned space (for an average 1200 to 1800 sq ft house, 8-9ft high ceiling, everything is investor grade finishes), $90-100 per sq ft for garages/unconditioned storage, $60 per sq ft for porches/opened spaces.  

The problem is taking them collectively results in new problems for our lot...the three solutions work when you look at just one of our shared lines, but when you look at all three the math falls apart...my surveyor will have to take their collective work, his new field investigation and then apply his own good theories, and hopefully our property is the missing piece in the puzzle for how to resolve this.I share that because those three surveyors are all names I or my boss know, and do good work.

Hey David,I'm a bit puzzled why the conversation shifted to new construction when that wasn't initially mentioned.