And the landscaping seems light unless the property is devoid of all trees and grass.

Some properties may go 2 to 3 years without maintenance while another property may have a tree fall over on its fence causing them to have higher maintenance.  

I would grow my own bamboo and palm trees.  

If that is your cup of tea great. 

Meaning - we want to source land that is designated to not require additional flood insurance, or have too much shrubbery and/or trees to clear, as well as not have additional factors like too much rock to clear - thus narrowing the pool of lots we can choose from.Next, we move to lending - talk about a moving target. 

You could always buy the windows from them if they have the lowest price on windows (and they're well-made) and if the installation fee seems too high you could get bids for installation on sites like Thumbtack.com or through Angie's List.I looooove Thumbtack.com as I've used it to get bids on tree-trimming as well as plumbing.

From what I have gathered is that they are slightly cheaper now and they work better but that feedback was mostly about Zillow.To give you some tea, I paid $4K to Zillow and it produced nothing fruitful and $2K to someone for FB ads with the same results.Am considering it both for my Realtor and my Investing business, because frankly I hate cold calling lol and that's what I am doing currently.

Tree guy, cement guy, foundation guy (yes, around here, they're all men!)

if you are pro you have pro perks which has lenders lists on their, but your best bet is read lots of blogs and take notes and then make calls.. stay away from places like lending tree or rocket mortgage

Therefore, deals in which the buyers have to pay a lot upfront are much less risky, which would have seem counterintuitive without a bit of an explanation.Obviously it makes sense for you to stay away for this kind of deals if they're not your cup of tea.