Most of the builder in those rural area dont like to build near austin for the same reason as they say "whatever takes us 6 month here it will take us more than a year there, because of the permits and inspections are time consuming near austin" I am hiring a builde, who is  basically  is subcontracting each stage. we are using my finance loan (Interim loan). in this case we might calling him GC. we call them a builder here, and they are definitely not GC for rehab projects those are different, they only build costume and specs homes and commercials. 

Investing in real estate is something I definitely want to do but I'm worried we will both be too busy working, and will not be able to take care of the property and tenants properly.

It's a definite value add.

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(Since BP does not allow me to link to my own site, you can find it by doing a Google search on "the real estate crowdfunding review how many to diversify").There has been no definitive study done, like was done by LendingRobot and Lendingclub for peer-to-peer loans, on the amount a typical retail investor would need.

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I definitely wouldn't live there.

I'm definitely looking forward to searching around and connecting with other investors on Bigger Pockets!

Definitely start jumping into the community here and feel free to ask any questions related to Real Estate investing!