Why Building Your Home Beats Buying One When Rates Are High

How I Fund a Build With 5% Down

I Built a $360K House While Working Full Time (Real Numbers)

How I Design and Permit a Build in 45 Days

How Much Money You Need to Build Your First House

Why I Won't Build Without a 25% Margin

Why a $1.5M Listing Sold for $1.07M and Broke Even

How I'd Copy a Builder Making a 40% Margin

How a Remodeler With No New-Build Experience Built Our Fourplex

How I Find Build Cost Per Square Foot in Any Market

Why Every Development Deal Needs Four Exit Strategies

How I'd Run the Numbers on a Texas Spec House

Why I Now Test a New Product With 9 Homes, Not 100

7 New Developers and the Real Numbers on Their Deals

Why I Run Every Deal at the Worst-Case Price

How I Turned $50K Into $108K While Working Full Time

How I Underwrite a $1M Spec House With Three Numbers

Why I Paid $400K in Loan Extension Fees

Why I Won't Do a Deal Under a 20% ROI

Why Builder Grade Should Never Cost $200 a Foot

Why Land Should Be 25% or Less of Resale Value

How I'd Buy a $275K Lot Without Paying $275K Cash

How I Turned a $275K House Into Six Units

The Hidden Costs That Cut a $100K Profit in Half

Why a Home You Build Has a Smaller Mortgage

How I Underwrite a $1.3M Spec Home Before Buying the Land

How We're Into a $1.6M Fourplex for Only $1M

Why the Land Price Decides Your Development Profit

How I Locked Up Land With Only $20,000 Out of Pocket

The Three People You Need for Your First Build

How to Know in 10 Minutes if a Lot Is Worth Buying

How to Run the Numbers on a $1M Spec House

How I'd Write a Letter That Gets Landowners to Call Back

Why I Never Do the Work on My Own Builds

Why I Make 25% Per Build When Most Builders Make 15%

Why You Should Never Hire a Custom Builder for a Spec Deal

How I Sold Six Units, Kept Two and Pulled All My Cash Out

The Construction Loan Mistake That Can Kill Your Deal

How Lenders Fund Developers With No Experience

Know Your Build Cost Before You Break Ground

You Don't Need an Architect for Your First Build

How I'd Check If a Market Will Buy Your New Build

A 12-Month Construction Loan Can Cost You Two Extra Points

You Don't Need to Be a Contractor to Develop

How to Send a Lender a Package They Take Seriously

Why Development Is Simpler Than Running Your Business

How Lenders Decide How Much They'll Lend on Your Build

Why the Land Is Where Developers Make Their Profit

Why My Permits Come Back Twice as Fast as Other Builders

How I'd Pick My First Build With $50K Down

How to Run the Numbers on Your First Spec House

How I'd Build Rentals With a Third of the Down Payment

How I'd Build a Million Dollar Home With $90K Down

How a Lot Split Can Pay Your Down Payment

If You Work in the Trades, Put Down Your Tools to Scale

Why the Real Profit Is in the Land, Not the Build

How $150K of Approvals Made a 162% Return Without Moving Dirt

How I'd Turn a $105K Lot Into $270K of Profit

How to Double Close Without Using Your Own Money

How I Found a Lot Through a Six-Year-Old Permit