For me the biggest one, and the one that kept my wife and I from selling my business for years to go full-time into real estate, was making sure we didn't chase deals with more risk than we normally would have. 

In our area there is one that I normally don’t deal because of customer service issues but the others I do.

I normally would back away but want suggestions and comments on estimating foundation repairs prior calling out contractors due to not having a contract signed yet.

Hard money lenders don't typically have terms offered to them, they get the borrower's profile and present them with the terms that fit that profile so you could also call them pretending to be a borrower and tell them about you and see what terms they would normally give you as well.

Is this normal? 

Hey, I normally focus on MF deal, but I stumbled upon an interesting commercial property by accident.

I work from home normally (digital marketing business) but now I will be daddy day care in the day and work at night. 

The first hire is normally an admin person and then a buyer's agent.

What are normal costs?

My Dilemma: First, I understand this would normally be seen as "inventory," I was wondering if there's any way to classify this as capital gains?