In my opinion, discounting any strategy right now is difficult as the competition is still so high.

What I answered was completely appropriate to help an investor to see if she wanted straight passive income, which could work that way, or if she wanted to learn.Incidentally, when you are working for a business that does turnkey and then hit the turnkey questions saying what you do, it's not really the intent of most questions.

Its not my cup of tea, but its straight forward and helpful for many. 

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Are you just planning to get such a large discount that it will be worth the time to work through those issues?

To @Matt Devincenzo point if you're experienced and can provided these services yourself you can build at a discount. 

Because they are renovated tho it’s harder to low ball it or get it discounted and it would leave no value add opportunity for me.

You could do a hard money loan if you are getting a deep discount on the property and that will reduce your total out of pocket.

Because in 3-6 months, you may see a good (even if not great) discount on the properties you're looking at now.The hardest thing to do is often wait...but if you save even $10k on a purchase price and a few thousand more by staying here vs. there, seems well worth it.Good luck and congrats on taking the steps you've taken - 

Yes, I may not see major cash flow but a) new constructions means the builder usually offers some discounts towards closing costs, sometimes up to $5K and b) to me, mental peace as a remote investor is something I can't put a price tag on.