They sell it to lenders and Real Estate Agents who are their real customers. 

My best thought at the moment is to get a paper map of these towns and highlight streets as I drive them to make sure I drive every street.

Now if you have plenty of time on your hands maybe you'd be better off just starting your own construction company and finding and maintaining relationships with sub-contractors, supply houses and potential customers. 

Account Closed"Otherwise it's a long slow grind" - well, yeah, unfortunately it's not the lottery.Everything you have highlighted is pointing out how you feel about real estate.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in April: Single-family home sales rose 7.8 percent year-over-year, with 7,586 units sold, marking the third consecutive month of positive sales and the biggest volume increase of 2019;On a year-to-date basis, single-family home sales are 2.2 percent ahead of 2018’s record pace;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes edged up from 56 to 57 days;Total property sales increased 7.8 percent, with 9,063 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 9.6 percent to about $2.7 billion;The single-family home median price rose 2.1 percent to $245,000, achieving an April high;The single-family home average price was up 1.9 percent to an April high of $310,676 – the second highest average of all time;Single-family homes months of inventory reached a 4.0-months supply, up from 3.5 months last April and the most plentiful level since September 2018.

If they have a track record in the area I'd entertain it.You could look at it almost as "custom" build of sorts and for those your deposit goes the project and not to escrow.

Chances are if you dig hard enough, every tk company out there will have an unhappy customer because their investment did not go as planned.

Hello BP forum,My short term rental property management company has started acquiring customers and we're looking for legal and accounting advice regarding asset liability and STR taxation laws as they would apply to property managers as well as property owners.

Be sure that you highlight that "selling your house can be easier than you think" with the advantages of working directly with you instead of the more traditional route.

I know, it's expensive; but I PROMISE you it is less expensive than a bad purchase.I won't repeat any of the other feedback, just highlighting what I see as the best advice above.I'm in TN and AL so happy to help any way I can.mw