I assumed compliance never communicated with the sales rep. and saw the large transaction amount done wrong the first time, and decided to block me EVEN though it was done exactly how they requested the second time.

Outside of real estate, I do other types of investing and consulting, I am a macro strategist with long term time frame.  

A good agent will more than pay for themselves in profit, time and stress. 

I look at their whole life. 

Ensure the developer has a good history of delivering projects on time and as promised.- Location and Market Trends: Choose projects in prime locations or areas with high growth potential.

Plus every time the house sells you start that amortization schedule over and you're on the "winning" side of the payments from the new owner so to speak.Obviously this only works when you've got low payments yourself or you manage to increase the value of the home significantly, but is there anything else I should be looking out for here? 

As for the land, with some looking around and a possible off market deal, with time I’m confident I could find an R2 lot for relatively cheap compared to the build.

@Sean Haran I have used Longhorn many times.  

You do not want to try and hand hold a first time buyer and keep things moving and coordinated with inspections, lending, title, etc.

We do want to get the appropriate permit but I am thinking that will take a lot more time and additional expenses to have it all in order and we need to be able to refinance it since we are purchasing cash (we are having a hard time with a lender which we initially wanted to do a rental 30 year loan, but not sure if there will denied due to this non permitted alterations to the house).