We are building High Speed Rail there, investing 70B worth of infrastructure to connect Central Valley to the coast.

As you have likely heard, cheapest may not always be the best route, especially when it comes to contractors.Bone dry is solid, but if I were out of state I would prefer to just have a GC on speed dial who will ensure quality work and hold subs feet to the fire. 

@Jorge Ruiz , you CAN make money on condos, but definitely put the due diligence machine into full speed mode.I've never owned a condo that didn't come with a "Special Assessment" of multiple thousands of dollars.

At this speed I will be lucky to get it on the market by 2015. 

So maybe that'll speed up the process?

It has a well, septic and high speed internet lines already.

But my aunts current situation is speeding things up a bit.

Recently, the realtor I’ve been using for almost a decade and I looked at a property that was almost perfect... except it needed literally $125-150k of work to bring it up to speed, which was about 40% of its ARV.

Please make sure you're up to speed on Texas Rent Relief and how if can help the investor to recoup any unpaid rents on investment properties!  

A few examples that are great would be: The Richest Man in Babylon, The Millionaire Next Door, Ninja Selling, The 12 Week Year, Raving Fans, The Miracle Morning, The Speed of Trust, The Art of The Deal, Business by the Book, and there are tons more.