Also, if Homie from the Depot is a one man or one crew business, he likely won't be able to scale if more jobs come his way.

One by one is a secure way to go to flip houses but your using the money to operate on a grander scale your overall turnover costs timing and quantity will all leverage and maximize a return on a life changing scale.

I have recent experience in flipping houses on a small scale in Maryland.

I think centrally offering Internet is good business with a low startup cost and proven scalability, but this fiber business looks like the initial investment is excessive for small scale operations.http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/01/what-if-your-subdivision-laid-its-own-fiber-network/

Single, quads or large scale apartment?

On a much smaller scale I will flip properties, but very infrequently.

I do not have the stomach or more importantly the heart to invest on the grander scale you speak of....

We watched the Private Lending webinar last night with the thought that we might be able to ask our wealthy relative (who does larger scale RE investing) if he would want to fund our loan.  

When marketing on a larger scale, yes you want to get the name out there.

My business is a groundbreaking new concept that is at its infancy stage  but we are looking to scale quickly.