In my experience, it is either they don't care, they don't want to talk or they are super aggresive.

I have experience raising capital for down payments if you are prepared to pay investors at this level.

If you have invested in high crime rate area, please share your experience. 

Your equity is not a savings account from which you can withdraw for free. 

Paying down your mortgage is 100% risk free. 

I was wondering if anyone had experience in new construction and how their costs turned out to be.

And which parties should be involved assuming a lack of experience? 

I have years of experience in real estate but more on the commercial investing and property management side.

So, slightly different in the structure but can still be of service to those of us that had a loss.And while I am referencing Texas these are the same links to use anywhere in the country at any time for a declared "Federal Disaster Area".Feel free to share this information with anyone that you know that might have been impacted by these storms and maybe this can help them in some way.To apply a claim as an individual use this link: https://www.disasterassistance.gov/To apply a claim as a business use this link: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistanceAs of this post the counties declared as a disaster area in Texas are as follows: Austin, Bell, Calhoun, Collin, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Falls, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Henderson, Hockley, Jasper, Jones, Kaufman, Lamar, Leon, Liberty, Montague, Montgomery, Navarro, Newton, Polk, San Jacinto, Smith, Terrell, Trinity, Tyler, Van Zandt, Walker and Waller counties.

Then, perhaps a few days later you offer them a free month's rent if they just choose to move out.