Sounds like you have a solid marketing budget, and a great plan to continue marketing as you make deals.

That sounds like a great way to get started @Natasha Richardson!

Houston Real Estate Highlights in August(* asterisk denotes that the “Harvey effect” has been removed): Single-family home sales rose 7.6 percent year-over-year, with 5,844 units sold*;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes declined slightly to 49 days;Total property sales jumped 36.8 percent, with 9,978 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 40.1 percent to $2.86 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $236,870, reaching an August high;The single-family home average price also achieved an August record, rising 1.9 percent to $300,670;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.1-months supply, down from 4.3 months last August and equal to the national level;Townhome/condominium sales rose 12.3 percent year-over-year, with 457 units sold in 2018 compared to 407 one year earlier*;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.6 percent with the average rent up 3.4 percent to $1,926*;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 8.6 percent with the average rent up 5.5 percent to $1,639*HAR https://www.har.com/content/newsroom?

I have looked at some of the kit homes but there has to be a more cost effective way to build them. $40 a square foot for a shell seems a bit steep.

Section 8 sounded very straight forward get a check from the govt lol but obv things I didn’t think about.

This concept sounds very interesting.

In this analysis, income stability takes precedence over job stability. 4155.1 4.D.1.d Borrowers Returning to Work After Extended Absences A borrower’s income may be considered effective and stable when recently returning to work after an extended absence if he/she is employed in the current job for six months or longer, and can document a two year work history prior to an absence from employment using traditional employment verification, and/or copies of W-2 forms or pay stubs. 

The bank wants to start at $350,000 (which sounds low enough to get me excited).

It sounds like you're already well on your way to acheive your goal.

I'm aware of how uninformed I sound but I'm ready to sit down, read however many hours of books need to be read, study any bit of contract law that needs to be understood, and essentially do whatever it takes to succeed.