However, I am looking for someone with more experience to confirm my understanding and to help me define what a "federally-backed mortgage" actually means.Sincerely,Alex Timberlake

Assuming a required rate of return of 5% (comparable to high-yield savings or a CD), the deal would need to yield a total CoC return of 10% (since everything is split 50/50).I'm stuck because while playing around with numbers, achieving this return seems improbable if not unrealistic.

I have played the 0% balance transfer game for some larger inventory purchases in my retail biz and good old 0% balance promos at Home Depot (personal) and Sears have financed quite a few apartment renos too.With a long and stellar credit history It doesn't seem to impact my FICO4 & 8 too much but it will *crush* the vantage 3 score which penalizes HEAVILY those who actually USE their credit and I'm talking still less than 30% of available.

For me, it depends how much I want the seller to accept my offer and how willing I would be to walk away from that amount of money.If I'm playing hard ball on a property I'm not crazy about I might offer $1,000.

New to flipping will mean 12-14 percent and 2-3 points right now from private/hard money lenders if you have no experience.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

The reason for this mainly of because I can get a bigger loan on the house we have just built, than taking a ground up new construction loan on the rental we are wanting to build next door as well as my experience with ground up loans is zero - 

My issue: Even with a college degree, entreprenurial experience, and project management I can’t seem to break in after 5-6 months of applying.

Let's kick off this discussion— if you've ventured into residential construction investments, could you share which market you're in, your experiences or challenges, and any advice for newcomers?

It doesn’t sound like you have any experience.