Main st of a small town that is in between where people work and where people live.

Recently came into 8,000 and looking to invest in real estate along with hard work and sweat equity.

So, go talk to the developer, tell him you admire his work, and ask if you can look at his project.  

He wants to form a llc together and let me manage and perform all the work and repairs to gain equity towards the properties.

Their annual ROI exceeds 50% for what I see and an almost risk free investment.While its a lot more work and more time consuming, developing private lender relationships is really worth it in the long run and allows you to control the deal on the sell side must better (get a better wholesale price).Great question and good luck.

Pick a market by studying, there are no shortcuts there.

Found a spare hour after work and son's bedtime and finished off the last of the kitchen demo.

A shortcut in discussions like this. 

Tomorrow it's back to my houses with finishing tile work and setting 3 replacement windows.I have fixed and flipped about 5 SFR over the years and am currently rehabbing 2 adjoining properties that I picked up in foreclosure in a large lake area in Oklahoma.My goal at this point is to finalize the construction work and go with a vacation rental model to maximize monthly take.

It's a ton of work and very competitive.