I backed out of a few deals even after realtors found buyers for my properties and I never felt bad for my realtor because my realtors have the choice of understanding that people back out and the realtors can cut me off for life, or be nice about my backing out and get more business in the future.I am also a plumbing contractor and we do a large volume of business where my employees sign contracts with our customers, work on my customers homes for several hours and sometimes even a full day.

@Samuel Eddinger you are a smart man.

I will for sure look at availability of local laundromats @John Underwood @Nathan G. i am getting new stoves and fridges but talked myself out of expensive microwaved and will be getting just basic countertop ones for like $50.00 (I was originally going to get the nice wall mounted ones with fans blah blah blah)   I am trying to be more smart about these newer purchases and try to sss them as a business.  

Brandon is very smart, but humans make mistakes :).

Again, my post is for discussion purposes only - I figured providing a real life example of how the new construction model can work, but also the risk associated with it at this time, might help some OOS make whatever choice is best for them.

You got two choices one is to start lending or the other one is to pay a monthly/yearly fees to get educated about real estate for your first year or two.

Hi Pretty,There is absolutely no way to know ahead of time if you will recover the cost 100% or even 1%.The choice might come down to how much you and your wife want to have this very desirable bathroom vs the one that is in there now.Getting your money back on it in a new-ish suburban home is just unknown upfront--I'd say this purchase is more of "Personal Desire" purchase than a hard nosed business purchase.Although it could turn out at sales time to being some added sale price...

Again, I'm trying to be smart, safe, and of course legal with anything I do.

There is good and bad with every situation, dealer's choice though.

Either one is a good choice although my personal choice would be anywhere in Texas; not limited to just Houston.