If you'd be interested in doing a Buy & Hold via a Rehab or New Construction (particularly in San Marcos), let me know.

Just so happens, the inspector they chose was quite a bit more thorough than mine.

Do you have construction experience or are you new?

for a newbie ..the best property is the one that you can access as many times as possible before you close. having the property under contract and "acting" as an owner, contractors will talk to you ..you can get bids, quotes, do inspections, termite letters, radon tests, mold test, etc ...imagine bringing army of inspectors when an owner still lives there ..not possible. you control purchase price ...so make sure you factor all things you need to change, add, update into ur costs ...u need to discover as much stuff as possible. once u do 10 flips ..probably short 10 minute walk will be enough to get u rough idea ..but by that time ...inspect, inspect, inspect

"I work full time, and I'm inexperience with construction so I am choosing to hire a general contractor to walk through the property with me (before the offer) to get a thorough and accurate estimate (no rules of thumb).

My neighborhood is quite established and is currently experiencing a growth spurt with a large mill being renovated to apts and retail, at least 2 other large scale apt/condo projects under construction.

I'm an engineer by education and I've worked in vertical construction in one way or another my whole life.

If you are located in these expansion markets and are a property management company, Realtor and/or project manager with construction background and interested, please contact me.

Any new or recent construction?

In this case, the construction is frame, so on a 190K policy its ACV is about 85K.