Im extremely proud of the work we did on this home, it came out absolutely beautiful and i would like to share my experiences with any curious newer developers and/or investors.I just bought another home (smaller) which i am renovating now, i plan on keeping it as a rental for retirement...

You may not like the answer, but keep your job until you have built the business (wholesaling or the window tint business) up and going and showing two year worth of enough income you can qualify for a loan.Your right that if you quit your job and start working at the window tint business, you will have problems finding a loan when you go to buy your next house, that income is necessary for you to develop your real estate business,,,later when it built up, say goodbye to car sales and hello to real estate,,but don't get rid of the full time job if you need it to qualify for a loan

Hurts your reputation.

I can buy, fix and sale but understand that I do much better when I can focus on my strengths while developing my weaknesses at my own pace.On my last deal I happen to find the ideal partner.

I'm getting $1,300 for a 1/1 in a class B development

Jonathan look up the taxes and divide by 12 to get monthly tax costs.Look for the HOA docs to see if there is an assessment and how much.Usually if you find a listing on MLS in that subdivision there will be some houses and it will list association dues monthly or yearly.For instance if taxes are 1,000 and HOA 1,500 then you have about 208.33 a month in costs.If you buy for 4,000 and hold for 2 years you have to get at least 9,000 in 2 years time to break even and even more with closing costs etc.That money will be dead not generating a return for you.You also need to know the soil sample and build ability of the lot.This will be a factor from who buys from you if they want to build a house.On the MLS you can see what developed lots are selling for.Is this lot developed and cleared with pipes sticking out of the ground or does it still have all the trees and uncleared and ungraded in it's natural state??

Simply, how do development costs get added to land values so a bank honors that cost my down payment amount of 20% loan to value?

Josh I have talked about this many times.On the residential side all these scammers used to exist.Sell the loan off so they didn't care and closed up shop when it fell apart.Now that residential is under huge government regs they have all moved to the commercial side.All of these people advertising many are just helpless point and fee takers getting sucked up into the scam.Many of these so called lenders are not lenders at all but mills running due diligence fees,insurance fees,deposit fees etc. and then say they can't fund later on to deny the deal.I have found direct lenders are very hard to find and I find one of those for every 20 scammers.As a buyer you do not pay upfront fees except for appraisal,survey etc.You can talk to these scammers on the phone and can tell by what they say they are not a true lender.I do very heavy lifting to make sure my lenders are real and I am not dealing with a middle man to protect my clients buying properties through me.Any company claiming to be a lender that will fund anything is more of a conduit (middle man) taking fees.A reputable lender will display recent closings and details of the loan.They will have very detailed rate sheets along with terms and conditions of the program.Any points will only be paid at closing when they perform.Many of these lenders will be highly specialized in a particular asset class and not broad in scope.The interest rates from legit lenders will be very close in percentage rate and LTV's.The difference being in how much money they have to lend and what loan size they specialize in and recourse versus non-recourse etc.Many lenders can promise but very few can deliver on the rates promised and close it.

CRIME is a big one.The percentage of non-violent to violent infractions and if crime is increasing or decreasing in the immediate area.Intermodal transportation study is another and the future land use map.This will give you an idea of where they are today and what they have planned for the area in the future and how the city and county will be allocating their resources to develop certain areas.Much more items than this but it's been a long day and my brain is out of fuel........ :)

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