I'm most assuredly a "newbie"; new to self-storage, new to commercial real estate and new to construction.

Would he be willing to escrow the $65k for construction draws?

If you're in the category of a Home Owner and not familiar with construction techniques or dealing with contractors then it's probably a good idea for you to use Home Depot Home Services because they'll back the work.

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I was just putting some information on the New Construction turn key rentals out there.

Im not shure how the new construction would go out in these areas but, rentals and flips, are a being bought everywhere.

so Jacob send me an PM I I can send you our new construction homes( turn key rentals).I am not selling these.

Need help with tax strategies to intermingle new construction with real estate investing

Regardless of what I had I felt more comfortable with the construction business.  

Going to attempt to summarize everything up to this point.Current Stage of construction: FramingWe purchased this lot about 3 years ago for $6000Have built 3 homes in this same neighborhood, this is our 4thTook about 6 months of re-zoning to allow for a variance in the rear of the property so we could maximize the size of the home, mainly to accomadate a master bedroom downstairsLot was vacant, cleared out a few trees and started on the foundation, concrete slabAltered the plan a bit so that the patio faced east instead of north, thus making it open to the patio.Project Description: 2-story home, 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 1 office, 1 game room/4th bed2808 sqft,  Lot  6,568 sqft