This is true some times, but in some scenarios, brand new properties end up producing significantly MORE maintenance/repair headaches than older properties.The reasons are:1) Some building techniques/materials are far superior to those used in the past, but some are not, and some are unproven.

Every marketing material.

Their RE markets are purely speculative and only driven by investors like you who are getting pushed out of primary markets. 

Pricing for materials for a rehab at the scale Clayton talks about would costs 2x-3x that price -- add labor on top of that!

If you do allow it, you should have a written agreement that spells out specifically what they are allowed to do, materials used, who pays for it, compensation for labor, what happens if they do a poor job, what happens when they leave, a deadline for completion, etc. 

Ideally, you want to focus on markets that are driven by industries that are resistant to economic changes such as healthcare, logistics, and hospitality.When evaluating a specific property, be sure to look up rental rates, vacancy rates, and rental trends for comparable properties in the area.

Most brick houses are made of wood but instead of vinyl, wood or other siding materials, brick is chosen.

Do you know of any good training material to help me gain the basic knowledge that would be need to succeed in this category?

@Simon Obas - we have local building supply companies that sell roofing materials, siding, windows and doors mostly directly to contractors but they have a small show room for retail customers as well.

This worries me a bit, granted they are not in the same playing field in terms of layout and build materials as the RTR build, but it does concern me that from a numbers perspective, there are several homes in the area for sale at substantially less than the estimated $380k valuations.