( profit margins )Class a and b areas pricing for new construction ranging $450,000 to $700,000Few rough estimatesNew construction ranch styles $450,000 plusNew construction 2 levels styles $530,000 plus additional optional finish basements for new construction $ 20,000 to $40,000 

Margins are thin enough without me making a 10K or 20K underestimation.

Or you wait out the lumber market with the hopes it retreats  thats a big if to.. supply demand is going to keep lumber high.On the 90 home community I am currently building in Oregon we were able to do just that my 2000 sq ft home that was 550k is now 600k and we sold them all.. so its trading dollars and the hyper inflation has been pushed to the buyer we are still making our margins which are not as high as you state pretty tough for us to get that high but we get close.. 

I’m concerned because the margins are slim and it’s at the very top of my budget.

Real quickly your expected profit margin can go away with those types of fixes.  

@Ethan Snyder, a BRRRR is a flip, with much tighter margins.

Been getting 18-22% margin on each build.

Margins are tight (I'd be using a Heloc for the down payment). 

The fee is charged to the agents on both sides by their broker....the supposed reasoning was new refs a few years ago requiring record retention (All off Wrs are to be retained for 5 years by the broker, etc).In reality, it’s just an additional fee as brokerages are working on such small margins these days.  

[ARV X .7 - Repairs - Wholesale Fee = MAO] However, for a lot of these houses between 100K - 200K range,  I would think flippers would be willing to operate at a slightly tighter margin, since the market is so hot, and they're able to offload successfully flipped houses quickly.