New construction/tear down nightmare

[Christopher Prince-Barry]

I am almost out of attorney review on my first tear down ground up build in Essex NJ. I’m trying to keep this dream from turning into a nightmare.

What advice do you have?

Where do new construction projects typically stall or go wrong?

What is price per square foot have your projects cost in Northern NJ?

Can you recommend any great quality, efficient decently priced trades/GCs? Especially demo crews.

If it's helpful the estimated ARV is $950k for a new 3900sqft house.

Thanks all. The BP community is the best!!