Yes I'm familiar with section 8 housing pros and cons as I own 2 in Rochester NY.While I've spent some time in the area prospecting & meeting a few realtors, I don't necessarily have teams in place or boots on the ground aside from my lender who has brokered deals there since the 1990s.

This requires a thoroughly understanding of the city's development ordinances, compared to a typical investment or fix and flip, so I feel like I have an edge here since my architecture job requires me to understand these ordinances and codes for every client project I take on.After a few years of doing this while also networking, forming relationships, and learning more about the financial side of real estate, I'd like to get into small scale infill ground up developments including single and small multi-family. 

You also need to network to find a boots on the ground person to take photos/videos, they need to be there to show the place too.

Especially if you're open to out-of-state markets.I'm based in Memphis, where I help investors source cash-flowing deals and build teams on the ground, so if you're ever exploring this market, I’d be happy to share what I’m seeing here.

Thanks for grounding the conversation with real-world logic,Stevan

If you don't already have boots-on-the-ground and a trusted network, it's going to be tougher to do.

Then once you burn through your deposit you start taking draws but you wanna get so deep into your project with your deposit that it will unlock most of the budget which will allow you to finish.Problem is, whether it is a fix n flip or ground up, ppl try to piece mail it together. 

I'd recommend building your team in tandem and that way you can hit the ground running for your first property

Curious — are you more drawn to starting with smaller flips/rebuilds, or do you see yourself going straight into ground-up development projects?

I have recently worked up several ground-up construction builds, but those are for single family residences platted out.