I am seriously considering taking $150k of it and buying 3 new builds $50k down as rentals in somewhere like a Houston TX subburb, Wichita Falls TX, Oklahoma City OK, or Kansas City, MO.

The optimist in me states that if I build something beautiful/unique, I can stand out.

I'm thinking something that could auto populate industry average estimates on time for certain tasks based on the inputs of the work. 

New to the area and work in the industry !

The issue that you have, is that your guests experience will depent greatly based on the demographic that the motel building brings.I would pass and try to get a small multi-family building or see if you can buy the whole motel(to have more control).

I spoke with a consultant who works with/for Jason Hartman and she referred me over to https://www.mmasells.com/, has anyone worked with them? We are looking at AL, TN or FL as potential first time investment properti...

If it is im not even sure a city will allow you to get a building permit on someone elses land.

There is a duplex new build and their agent told me this.

I also heard from a home consultant on a new project out there that they're planning to build about 5,000 new homes, though he didn't know how long that's going to take.

"expect my insurance goes up', 'hope the property value will increase', 'hoping for fewer problems', A business is not build on hopes and expecting.Build a budget, is the expected return more than your required return?