You can build a house that looks great using Home Depot project source, lower middle grade material for $130/sq/ft. 

Same goes for deal sponsors - between the fees they earn and their cut of the profits from the deal, they typically earn more dollars investing other people's money in larger, lower-ROI projects than they'd earn investing their own money in smaller, higher-ROI projects. 

I have been spending too much time on the house project, unfortunately. 

I've been in Atlanta for a few years now and I work for CBRE in Project Management, and previously for a small masonry subcontractor in Florida; so I'm quite familiar with the construction industry, just on the large scale commercial side. 

Real Estate is a very exciting industry, I already have two sales under my belt within the first month, its awesome finding projects that your investors want to take on!

Here's a list of what I do use thoughAlliant - 3% of ALL purchasesAmazon - 5% off all Amazon purchases Amex Blue- 6% groceries, 3% gasDiscover - Revolving 5%Chase Freedom- Revolving 5%Lowes - 5%  (for those remodeling projects)I've covered pretty much all my big spending places with those cards and with a base 3% cashback to work with, I've already beat out the 3 to 1 points by the points cards

There is a GIANT project from a Chinese investment company on Jefferson and 21st that has hundreds of millions being invested into new SFH and retail.

Hi all,Working on a project in Central CA and have the option to avoid bringing natural gas on-site if we use heat pumps for water heating and space conditioning.

I would want to look at the population in a 1, 3, and 5 mile radius from your project site. 

I'd want to see three recent (last 6 - 12 months) projects he worked on and look at the numbers.