He says he can buy a new metal building kit of the size he needs for 30k....no slab and not constructed...and he is being told 700k total price to custom build but they need the architect building design with lifts and oil storage etc and civil engineer site plan with drainage to give a hard price.

When contracts are skewed to one side contrary to local customs your lock on the property may be very weak.I've sent standard contracts to sellers to sign and send back, done as an offer from the seller as it's unsigned.

For example, being Chase customers we always get 4.5% offers which is way high for me (before the Fed raised).  

My assumption was that I could just refinance in 5 years time...

Hi @Paul C Mead,There are plenty of online real estate sites where you actually have the ability to build your own custom, targeted direct mailing lists based on whatever filters you want (Homeowners with Equity; Liens; Foreclosure/Pre-Foreclosure; Absentee Owners; and way, way more!).

Or can I fully customize the Wordpress site they provide? 

The difference between that rate and the IRR on the syndication is your net return.Doubling your investment is an aggressive assumption in the current environment with high borrowing costs and declining values.

Have in mind a lot LOs are trained not to explain anything to the customers/clients in order "not to confuse them even more".

., etc.Depending on these types of factors, what makes sense for one person might not make sense for another person...for instance, a person who has a net worth of $10k, and who has $10k of credit card debt is probably over-leveraged...but a person with a net worth of $1 mil who has $10k of credit card debt is probably in OK shape (I say "probably" because there could be other factors in these peoples' finances that could change our assumptions--for instance, if the millionaire had $5 million in auto loans for exotic sports cars, they might be in trouble).Context is everything.

Comparing yourself to others creates two damaging assumptions, that those who have done more “deals” than you are better, and those with less “deals” are worse.