I know our company gave us discounts for smoke detectors, dead bolts, fire extinguishers too I think.

You too, Chris.Certainly nobody forced her to leave.It appears for future prospective residents, if they are going to get first month's rent free, that we specifically outline what forms of penalties there will be for them taking advantage of our discount.

Your buying at a discount for taking them all, and you can explain that your deal must consider property management and the assumption of risks of a landlord.

There has been no slowdown in our area and a tremendous reduction of inventory which would make me believe these lots will go up in value prior to completion and then sometime in the future, definitely see a price retraction.

IMO this should be pretty simple.In the future you may want to personally purchase the materials if you have problems finding reliable contractors in your area, however, this may cost you more since some contractors get discounts with their suppliers.I really like and agree with J Scott saying that everything is my own fault.

So, one of the contractors living in your property at a discount now needs to be evicted?

Do you give a discount on rent when paid early?

Now everything clicks into place :-)Ok, now that we've cleared that hurdle, I'm gonna guess that investors avoid sellers with equity because those sellers would be reluctant to give up that equity at a discount?

Either condos or possibly multi-family properties might suit you, as long as you can still get them at a discount under market value (equity).

If you find homes that are 1300-1700 sq. ft, you should be very close, but when you find a 2500 sq. ft home, that average price per sq. ft will be too high for the 2500 model as the bigger youngest, the price per sq. ft drops (quantity discount for lack of a better term) and vice versa if the property was only 1000 sq. ft.