I would think that a bankrupt SS system would have a major impact in all of this mess.

They don't build the roads, run the utilities, do the subdivision permitting, handle the stormwater design, environmental issues, zoning, grading, or anything else that goes into building a residential subdvision.There is a huge amount of expense involved with getting a site "pad ready" for a builders like these and unfortunately there are no "rules of thumb" that are going to let you quickly estimate what this is going to cost.You have a lot of due diligence to do my friend before you go down this road.For starters,Is the land even zoned to build these single family homes on it?

Im starting to think region has more of an impact then I thought.

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Tapping the LOC will impact your FICO more than getting new loans for purchase.I could go on, but the net is, I would recommend against it.

So, it doesn't impact the cost very much...

If an investor is buying correctly, it should not have any major impact over a long term hold investment plan.As you can see from the folks above, your cash flow is not good, so you would be making a speculative play here.

Many mortgage consultants sorely underestimate the negative impact on the credit report these events have.

How will this impact the coming months ?