I met with the city and got pre-app approval for the new plans under a change order.I got numerous bids and chose a developer/GC. 

The applicant was recommended by a friend so I was trying to show some patience but I've seen the error in my thinking now and have moved on.

I've read, as many people have, Rich Dad and Poor Dad along with numerous other books from the BP bookstore such as SOLD, BRRRR, Finding and Funding Great Deals, Raising Private Capital, Rental Property Investing, THE BOOK ON ESTIMATING REHAB COSTS.

@Jeremy Horton I hope you can tell I wrote that post at 1 AM half asleep with all those spelling errors 😂.

Ask HELOC lender to flex the line down to get under the 75%, AND get a realtor to search for higher comparables on the primary, and ask your lender to give you a money concession for their blind error.

There are numerous YouTube interviews he's done, if you start there with the free stuff you can find a lot of answers to that.

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

Everything I know about good and bad areas has been mostly trial and error.

This has helped numerous buyers get over price/ market anxiety.  

And you could set up numerous accouts like E-Funds and general operating accounts.