There is a big pick up in new home construction and commercial construction

Your best bet is to find a portfolio lender (small, local bank).

I check the state site for the finance dept, probably over the RE commission and it seems the state laws are under construction!

Vacation rental owners will tell you that in most cases you can bet on renting your place 17 to 24 weeks a year, so you need to figure your profit on that.

Trying to get started in the flipping portion of real estate, to put my 42 years experience in the construction trade to good use.

If you have the proper shut off valves and they are properly installed, there will be a bleed device for that purpose.You then have to put RV anti-freeze into the traps.Your safest bet is to have a plumber in to check things out.

Cost of construction.

I bet you will rarely find them full.

A 1985 construction, 2000 sf house that costs $400,000 in a more desirable part of town is going to have similar repairs to the same house in a less desirable part of town where the same house costs, $50,000.To me, houses should be graded like bonds or stocks.

If you are serious about the property, find a local structural engineers that specializes in residential construction and preferably rehab.